AI

All Souls exam questions and the limits of machine reasoning

The world's most eccentric exam is newly relevant in the age of AI

Aug 13 •

OpenAI's "Study Mode" and the risks of flattery

Serious learning requires friction, frustration... and other humans

Jul 31 •

AI makes the humanities more important, but also a lot weirder

Historians are finally having their AI debate

May 7 •

When Jorge Luis Borges met one of the founders of AI

One reason I became a historian is the joy of encountering moments in the past that are foreign, yet also oddly familiar.

Apr 2 •

AI legibility, physical archives, and the future of research

A followup to "The leading AI models are now good historians"

Mar 5 •

The familiar loneliness of the Kinetoscope

One other way that the 2020s resemble the 1890s

Feb 5 •

The leading AI models are now good historians

... in specific domains. Three case studies with GPT-4o, o1, and Claude Sonnet 3.5, and what they mean

Jan 22 •

What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?

Oct 23, 2024 •

LLM-based educational games will be a big deal

For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.

May 14, 2024 •

"He spoke of computers with some awe"

Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI

Mar 19, 2024 •

Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators

Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?

Dec 12, 2023 •

Simulating an LSD trip in 1963 with GPT-4

The question: how well can GPT-4 simulate a trip on LSD, specifically one in early 1960s Los Angeles? The answer… pretty damn well. Read on for the…

Dec 11, 2023 •

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