What might it look like to visualize two centuries of world history through the eyes of Wikipedia? The resulting animated map of 200 years of world history through the eyes of English Wikipedia can be seen below. Putting this all together, looking back on 200 years of world history captured in the English edition of Wikipedia circa-2012, the impact of the digital world on how we understand history is clearly visible. The closer to present, the more the interconnections in our history are visible, preserving our understanding of the interdependent nature of world events. Perhaps instead of replacing us, AI will help us better understand ourselves, how we got here and what it means to be human.

Source: Forbes April 17, 2019 02:37 UTC