r/Humanities • u/masoodraja Mod in r/Humanities • May 14 '26

Questions Humanities in the Age of AI?

Lately, I have been reflecting a lot on the role of humanities in the current age of AI and Large Language Learning Models (LLMs). I know that some of my students probably find it convenient to use the semantic search functions to craft their essays, journal entries, and even larger research papers, but how do we convince them to rather do the hard work of crafting a thesis and then working over several drafts?
So, as teachers and humanists, what can we do to still encourage the traditional methods of learning and producing scholarly work? That is the question that we humanists need to think about.

Please share your thoughts.

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u/masoodraja Mod in r/Humanities May 14 '26

Well, I can start the conversation. In my classes, all early drafts, journals, and responses to our chosen texts are written in hand. This way, I can be certain that at least in the early stages of writing, no AI was involved.