AI Fools Humans: Genius Machines or Are We Mugs? Perhaps we ought to ask a rather more pointed question: are these Large Language Models (LLMs) genuinely clever, or are we just spectacularly easy to fool?
Art of Memory: From Mnemonics to Oral Echoes to Modern Neuroscience While often taken for granted, the deliberate cultivation of memory through specialized techniques—the "art of memory"—has a rich and diverse history spanning millennia and cultures.
Abboud, Ibrahim Sudan's first military head of state (1958-1964). His downfall in the 1964 October Revolution established a precedent for popular uprisings against military rule, a pattern echoed in subsequent Sudanese history.
Abbas, Ferhat - Algerian Nationalism: From Assimilation to Revolution and Dissent The first President of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic (GPRA) during the War of Independence (1954-1962)
Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258): Empire, Culture, and Legacy Abbasid dynasty ruled for half a millenium over millions: igniting several Golden Ages from its revolutionary origins to its dramatic fall during the Mongol conquest of Baghdad.
Abbas II (1874-1943) Khedive of Egypt 1892-1914. Attempted to run independently of British influence. During WWI he sided with Turkey and was deposed when the British made Egypt into a protectorate.
Khalid ibn al-Walid: A War Analysis Khalid's career is marked by a unique distinction shared perhaps only with Genghis Khan: remaining undefeated throughout his extensive military command.