"The statement about artificial intelligence seems to be that the ability to access memories—history—blurs the line between machines and humans. At the risk of sounding philosophical, this is a useful truism for us as historians. Put differently, the difference between me and the squirrel outside my window is history. Maybe there’s more to it; I’m a historian, not a squirrel expert."
https://earlyamericanists.com/2016/10/26/guest-post-hbos-westworld-and-the-realities-of-living-history/
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Alex SternPh.D. in 19th c. American History Archives
April 2022
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