Editors’ Summary: This post considers how generative AI has broken down the barrier to entry for doing digital history. The author argues that while AI is bad at doing history, it can enable historians to do good digital history. He acknowledges that in some instances code generated by AI immediately becomes technical debt, especially for big systems like a bank or Apple. In cases of small visualizations, and not complex systems, the author argues that it is an investment in intellectual work and not technical debt.
Editors’ Choice: Vibing Digital History
