When does AI need the humanities, Georg Vogeler?

Georg Vogeler is Professor of Digital Humanities. Photo: Uni Graz/Tzivanopoulos

“The humanities might seem backward-looking because, amongst other things, they deal with the past. But the past is important, so it should be made accessible to everyone using the power of digitalisation. For that to work, humanities scholars have to demonstrate their understanding of people and of their cultural needs. For AI-generated text, for instance, linguists first explained to computer scientists how language works. If we’re to be able to interpret historical documents in the future, we need algorithms that don’t even exist yet. So the humanities are asking key questions of current trends and helping to answer them. That’s the future.”

Georg Vogeler is Professor of Digital Humanities

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