Creating Digital Replicas of History with AI
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Researchers are using AI to create digital replicas of historical artifacts and events, allowing for new ways to study and interact with the past, with the community showing interest in the potential applications and implications.
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aaronSong
3 months ago
Love the demos, but the bar for “digital restoration” should be provenance + uncertainty-by-default: clearly label what’s scanned fact vs. modelled conjecture, keep raw data reversible, and publish model/data cards so future scholars can audit the guesswork. Without that, we’re at risk of preserving our present biases more faithfully than the past.
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