Curious about quantum physics? Climate science? AI safety? Ask the people who actually study it — in plain language, with sources, anytime.
Public Scholars · Multi-tone vulgarization · Free to use
For the first time, you can have a real conversation with the people studying the world. No paywall. No jargon if you don't want it. Just curiosity, answered.
We're bootstrapping Scholar[RAG]s for the most iconic researchers of our time — built from their public work, with opt-out at any time. The web finally gets a way to talk to science itself.
→ Built from public papers, books, talks. Each scholar can claim and customize at any time.
Pick the voice you want. The science doesn't change — just how it's explained to you.
For everyone who's ever been curious.
"Science doesn't belong in an ivory tower. It belongs in the conversation — everyone's conversation."— Scholar[RAG] · Public Mission
Science has been locked behind paywalls, jargon, and gatekeepers. Press releases get filtered through journalists, then social media, then your aunt's Facebook post — until the original meaning is lost.
Scholar[RAG] removes the layers. You ask. The actual scientists answer. In your language. With sources. Free.
This is what the web should have always been for science. Now it is.
Yes, for you. Talking to Public Scholars and exploring research is free for the curious public. Researchers pay for advanced features on their side — your access remains free.
ChatGPT gives you a generic AI's interpretation. Wikipedia gives you a community summary. Scholar[RAG] gives you the actual scientist's voice, trained only on their work, with mandatory citations. When Carlo Rovelli's Scholar[RAG] explains time, it's Rovelli's position — not an averaged consensus.
Yes — for our curated Public Scholars (LeCun, Hinton, Rovelli, Cox, Hossenfelder, Dawkins, and more). Their Scholar[RAG]s are built from their public work (papers, books, talks) with disclaimer and opt-out at any time. More scholars added regularly. You vote on who's next.
A mode that explains anything using simple words, analogies, and metaphors — Feynman-style. Perfect for kids, beginners, or anyone curious without the patience for jargon.
No.The chatbot only answers from the scientist's actual corpus (their papers, books, talks). If the answer isn't in their work, it tells you. Every claim has a citation. You can verify everything against the source.
No.Conversations are anonymous by default. The scientist doesn't see who asks what. (Active researchers may opt-in to receive aggregated "what people ask me" reports — but never individual queries.)
Yes — through the Research Dumpfeature. A visual timeline of a researcher's parcours: publications, talks, projects, pivots — year by year. Plus a consolidated portfolio view. You see the human behind the science.
The Public Scholars feature is part of V3.5 — late 2026. A live demo Scholar[RAG] (built by Sebastian for ICCC 2026) is already accessible at scholarrag.com/s/sebastian. Join the waitlist below to be notified when Public Scholars goes live.
We're building Public Scholars now. Be among the first to talk to LeCun, Hinton, Rovelli and others when they launch.