AI-Generated Feedback: Preliminary Thoughts
A colleague recently posted on social media about their experience using paperreview.ai (Stanford Agentic Reviewer), an AI tool that is … Continue reading AI-Generated Feedback: Preliminary Thoughts
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Buddhism and AI: Another Look
In recent months, I have come to identify as a neo-Luddite or, as a colleague said in jest, “a technophobe … Continue reading Buddhism and AI: Another Look
Loss by Omission: GenAI Summarization Tools and History Knowledge
As artificial intelligence (AI) tools become ubiquitous in our society, AI functions are more accessible and visible. When you use … Continue reading Loss by Omission: GenAI Summarization Tools and History Knowledge
Overview of NDL Kotenseki OCR: The Key to Early Modern Japanese Archives?
This article was written by guest contributor Xia-Kang Ziyi (Kyushu University). The author bio is below. One of the biggest … Continue reading Overview of NDL Kotenseki OCR: The Key to Early Modern Japanese Archives?
Editor’s Digest February 2026: Middle Eastern Studies
In my first Editor’s Digest, I summarised publications in The Digital Orientalist from the Middle Eastern Studies team between September … Continue reading Editor’s Digest February 2026: Middle Eastern Studies
Hellenistic Central Asia through the Eyes of GenAI – Part 3: Deep Research
This is part three of a three-part series on the biases about Hellenistic Central Asia in generative artificial intelligence (AI) datasets. In this final part, I planned to discuss how Hellenistic Central Asia was biased in conversational AI models, such as ChatGPT 4o and Gemini 1.0, but newer “Deep Research” functions have since replaced and exponentially increased the capabilities of those legacy models. Continue reading Hellenistic Central Asia through the Eyes of GenAI – Part 3: Deep Research
Editor’s Digest March 2025: Central and South Asian Studies 1
It has been almost a year since my last Editor’s Digest and in that time there have been a few … Continue reading Editor’s Digest March 2025: Central and South Asian Studies 1
Komonjo Camera, the AI App for Reading Cursive Japanese Characters
Overview In June 2023, TOPPAN Corporation released an application for iOS, the Komonjo Camera 古文書カメラ. This was followed by an … Continue reading Komonjo Camera, the AI App for Reading Cursive Japanese Characters
Creating the largest Juren Dataset with ChatGPT: A Journey through Digital Humanities. (Part One)
This is a guest post by Jiajun Zou. See bio at the end of this post. Part I Tianyige Ming … Continue reading Creating the largest Juren Dataset with ChatGPT: A Journey through Digital Humanities. (Part One)
AI, Machine Learning, and Neural Networks: Friends or Foes in the Historical Investigation?
When AI image generator services were opened to the public on the vast web in 2021, they quickly became viral … Continue reading AI, Machine Learning, and Neural Networks: Friends or Foes in the Historical Investigation?