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Should Students Chat With AI Versions of Historical Figures?

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This Week with EdSurge
Published
Nov 8, 2024
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Summary

A new documentary project about Sacagawea, the young woman from the Shoshone tribe who helped guide the Lewis and Clark Expedition back in 1804, lets students chat with an animated chatbot of her. Some educators worry about how faithfully such chatbots can represent history, or whether they might keep students from digging into documents to form their own analysis.