by alfogarc | Sep 25, 2025 | Post
From an early age, we have been taught to be polite when talking to other people, but should we also be polite to Artificial Intelligence? Researchers have long been warning of the alarming increase in energy consumption associated with the use of Artificial...
by alfogarc | Sep 15, 2025 | Post
As we have already mentioned in another publication, Queen Baddo was the first and only Visigoth queen to sign in a council, specifically in Council III of Toledo (589). But what motivated this signature in the council minutes? This was not a simple signature. We are...
by alfogarc | Sep 1, 2025 | Post
Today we are going to look at one of the great female figures of the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo and of the 6th century in general: Queen Goiswintha. Upon the death of her husband, King Athanagild (554-567), whom she had supported in his uprising against the previous...
by alfogarc | Aug 8, 2025 | Post
Recent news about the “cognitive costs” of using artificial intelligence, highlighted in a study by Kosmyna et al., at MIT, has generated significant debate. Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872 Researchers warn that over-reliance on tools like...
by alfogarc | Jul 28, 2025 | Post
Now that the warm weather has arrived, some annoying little animals like moths and mice come to us. What can we do with them? Well, of course, worship them. Or at least that is what Martin of Braga says that the rustics in the Suebi kingdom of Gallaecia in the 6th...