Will historians really be replaced by AI? They remain skeptical.

There it was, right there at No. 2 on the list of jobs most at risk of being replaced by AI: Historian.

Sarah Weicksel — a former Smithsonian Institution historian who now heads the American Historical Association — first heard about the list during an industry conference in California. “Did you see we’re all getting replaced by AI?” someone asked her. It was said tongue-in-cheek, but the comment contained a twinge of worry.