Pyatigorsk State University (PSU)
Pyatigorsk State University (PSU)

The date of foundation of Pyatigorsk State University is considered to be June 27, 1939, when the Pedagogical School officially became a higher educational institution. Since then, the university has undergone various changes and transformations - an increase in the number of years of study, several renamings - and officially became known as Pyatigorsk State University in 2016. Since 2005, the head of the university is Professor Gorbunov Alexander Pavlovich. By 2009, 10 faculties were formed at the university. Further, on their basis, institutes and higher schools were created, having one of the faculties in their composition. In addition, PSU is actively developing the system of pre-university, postgraduate and additional education. It has a branch in Novorossiysk. Currently, the university has 34 departments. Now Pyatigorsk State University has more than 5,500 students and 3,000 students from different regions of Russia and foreign countries. All the peoples of the Caucasus are also represented in PSU.

Lecture at the Mashuk Center for Employees of the Federal Bailiff Service

P. N. Baryshnikov, head of the "Digit" Research and Education Center, served as a speaker at a training seminar for federal civil servants of the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP) of Russia. He delivered a lecture titled "A Brave New World: How Have Machines and Humans Shifted with the Advent of AI?"

The lecture examined in detail the transformation processes currently unfolding within human-computer sociotechnical systems. The seminar was designed to foster active engagement with the audience, encouraging an exchange of views and open discussion.

The high level of competence demonstrated by the attendees facilitated a productive dialogue regarding the role of modern AI models in the daily and professional lives of FSSP civil servants. The discussion also touched upon rapid historical shifts that bring the question of the value of the individual—and humanity in the broadest sense—into sharp focus.

The conversation concluded by reinforcing the case for developing national AI systems—grounded in Russia’s unique cultural and philosophical framework—as an essential component of the nation’s security infrastructure.

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