Through a perspectival inversion, the authors explore what artificial intelligence—reconceived as a 'superscholar' operating as a scholarly collective unconscious—reveals about …
Taking chatbots that simulate conversation with Jesus and other biblical figures as a point of departure, this essay reflects on the arrival of generative artificial intelligence …
We provide an overview of the use of machine-learning and artificial intelligence at the Vanderbilt Television News Archive (VTNA). After surveying our major initiatives to date, …
The scholarly communications ecosystem in theology and religious studies differs significantly from other disciplines. In this paper, we draw on a multi-year investigation at …
An interim report on the emerging field of computational theology, surveying developments in the digital and computational humanities and highlighting both the opportunities …
Data lakes offer an emerging option for librarians who are seeking to develop data repositories for institutions of higher education. Data lakes provide flexible, secure …
This paper provides a brief history of the Vanderbilt Television News Archive, established in 1968 with the goal of recording and preserving national news programming on the three …
In this paper, I provide an introduction to deepfakes and related machine-learning technologies for theologians, assess their danger as well as potential uses, and advocate for …
This paper reports on the findings of a sustainability study of television news archives conducted in 2018. After reviewing the history of the Vanderbilt Television News Archive, …