Guest columnist

AI-assisted summary

Artificial intelligence poses a significant challenge to education, particularly in the humanities.

AI can hinder students' development of critical reading, research, and analysis skills.

Educators are encouraged to use digital archives and primary sources in the classroom to combat AI's influence.

Engaging with historical materials directly helps students develop critical thinking rather than relying on AI-generated summaries.

In a thought-provoking 2021 article in Harper’s magazine, historian Matthew Karp detailed the politics surrounding attempts to use the nation’s past to further current political goals. Karp details a story about “history as end,” meaning how the promotion of a certain vision of the past could further partisan objectives. Kar

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