The case for AI labs to fund historical research
A Substack essay describes using GPT-6 and Opus 5.5 to trace alchemical knowledge and decode 17th-century letters.
TLDR
A Substack essay argues that AI labs should fund historical research. A user sharing it says a historian used AI to make progress on John Dee's ciphers and the intellectual influences Darwin drew on, contrasting those examples with labs' focus on proofs.
The case for AI labs to fund historical research
A Substack essay describes using GPT-6 and Opus 5.5 to trace alchemical knowledge and decode 17th-century letters.
TLDR
A Substack essay argues that AI labs should fund historical research. A user sharing it says a historian used AI to make progress on John Dee's ciphers and the intellectual influences Darwin drew on, contrasting those examples with labs' focus on proofs.