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Time Travel for Scholars: Chatting with Madison's Library

Spring 2025Computing and Information ScienceCornell Law School

What books shaped James Madison's thinking when he helped write the Constitution? Our groundbreaking chatbot lets legal scholars query Madison's personal library, receiving answers cited directly from 18th-century texts. It's like having a research assistant who's read every book the Founding Fathers read with no modern bias, just historical insight.

Project Team

  • Ayham BoucherExecutive Director
  • Eric ZihaoAI Innovator
  • Huining (Celine) LiuAI Innovator
  • Jed StiglitzProfessor, Cornell Law School
  • Mathew WilkensAssociate Professor, Information Science

Originally published on innovationhub.ai.cornell.edu