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The Sugar Loaf Test: How an 18th-Century Ledger Reveals Gemini 3.0’s Emergent Reasoning
A deep dive into my experience testing the new Gemini 3.0 Pro and the growing evidence I’ve seen for emergent neuro-symbolic reasoning.
 • Mark Humphries
Has Google Quietly Solved Two of AI’s Oldest Problems?
A mysterious new model currently in testing on Google’s AI Studio is nearly perfect on automated handwriting recognition but it is also showing signs of…
 • Mark Humphries
Open-Source Archive Studio App Available for PC Users
Users who aren't comfortable running python scripts can now download the open-source PC App
 • Mark Humphries and Lianne C. Leddy
Steering a Middle Course on AI in the History Classroom
We need to teach our students when to use AI, when to avoid it, and how to get the most out of it—not to pretend it doesn't exist.
 • Mark Humphries
Introducing Archive Studio
An experimental AI research tool for exploring the AI transcription and analysis of historical documents
 • Mark Humphries and Lianne C. Leddy
Stochastic Canaries in the Coalmine
Without good information, it’s hard to prepare for the future.
 • Mark Humphries
Is this the Last Generation of Historians?
OpenAI’s Deep Research is a strange and shockingly powerful agentic AI research assistant that offers a clear glimpse of the future. But where do we fit…
 • Mark Humphries
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Generative History
Exploring the use of generative AI in historical teaching and research
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