Overview
[AI Summary]: “History by Algorithms: AI and the Future of Historical Research” is an open-access book published by Springer on September 3, 2025, that pioneers the concept of “machine understanding of history” through the analysis of historical narratives. The book is structured in three parts: Part 1 discusses the mathematical language of digital history using concepts from computer science like Big-O notation and function diagrams; Part 2 applies simplified computational models to analyze historical laws written in mathematical language; and Part 3 evaluates the potential impact of Large Language Models (LLMs) on historical research. Author Zvi Lotker, an Israeli computer scientist and Associate Professor at Bar-Ilan University, brings his expertise in digital humanities, AI, distributed computing, and network algorithms to propose new questions that transcend traditional human historical research through computational intelligence and historical texts.
- Author: Zvi Lotker
- Publisher: Springer
- Year: 2025
- ISBN: 978-3-031-93627-2
- Access: Open Access
- Language: English (with Chinese translation of key concepts available)
- Book URL: History by Algorithms: AI and the Future of Historical Research | SpringerLink