Chatting with the Past

Imagine it is 2023 and you can chat with all the historical figures you have always wanted to talk to. Unfortunately, you can't do this yet, but you can engage with chatbots that claim to be able to imitate historical figures. Artificial intelligence promises to interact with the past in unprecedented interactivity. As AI continuously develops, educationalists warn that pupils and students already use tools such as ChatGPT on a daily basis. In our August episode, we explore with our guest Frédéric Clavert, Assistant Professor in European Contemporary History at the University of Luxembourg, the possibilities and challenges we encounter, when dealing with the past by using 'large language model' tools such as Chat GPT.