Impromptu: Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI Braudel: Well, first of all, let me say that I admire your work on the global dimensions of the African diaspora and the impact of colonialism and capitalism on the development of the Third World. I think you have made important contributions to what I call the longue durée, or the long-term structures and patterns of history that transcend the events and personalities of the short- term. As for AI, I think it is a fascinating and potentially useful tool, but also one that requires careful and crit- ical use. Rodney: I agree. I think AI can offer some benefits, such as creating engaging and accessible narratives, visual- izations, and simulations of historical phenomena, or generating new questions and hypotheses based on his- torical data and sources. But I also think it poses some challenges, such as ensuring the accuracy, reliability, and ethics of the generated outputs, or avoiding the biases, distortions, and manipulations that might arise from the algorithms, the data, or the users. Braudel: Yes, exactly. I think AI can be seen as a form of historical representation, and as such, it is subject to the same issues and debates that have always animated the field of history. How do we select, interpret, and contex- tualize the evidence? How do we balance the diversity and complexity of historical reality with the coherence and clarity of historical explanation? How do we account for the different scales and dimensions of historical time and space? How do we acknowledge the positionality and reflexivity of the historian and the audience? How do we address the ethical and political implications of historical knowledge and its dissemination? Rodney: These are very important questions, and I think AI can help us to explore them in new and creative ways, but also to be more aware and transparent about them. For example, AI can help us to create more inclusive 174