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This project has been supported by the Madrid Government (Comunidad de Madrid - Spain) under the Multiannual Agreement with UC3M (BADDO-CM-UC3M) PI: @nereavsk.bsky.social and Patricia Callejo Pinardo https://baddo-cm.uc3m.es/

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BADDO @baddoproject.bsky.social · Feb 20

Our project, inspired by the Visigothic queen Baddo, will generate a context-based LLM with secondary sources produced by historians who research one of the excision of Christianism: Arianism. This includes data from both Spanish and abroad historians from the twentieth century to the present.

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Follow us to learn more about the wonderful world of the Visigoths, late antiquity, historiography and, of course, AI. #baddo #visigoths #artificialintelligence #baddoproyecto

BADDO @baddoproject.bsky.social · 4d

That's why, in addition to inviting you to read the Storybook generated by Gemini, we encourage you to comment on what you think, what errors you see, or if you think some things should be clarified a bit.

BADDO @baddoproject.bsky.social · 4d

But as we have already mentioned in other publications, these types of tools still need to be refined in order to generate more accurate feedback that is consistent with what is requested. Just like we are doing with the Baddo project.

BADDO @baddoproject.bsky.social · 4d

We have asked Gemini to create one about the conversion to Catholicism of the Visigoth king Reccared. We invite you to read it below.

BADDO @baddoproject.bsky.social · 4d

The Creed of Toledo: Reccared and the
Unification of Hispania

Dear history and Artificial Intelligence enthusiasts, today we bring you a challenge.

As many of you know, Google's AI, Gemini, is capable of creating a storybook on any topic you request.

BADDO @baddoproject.bsky.social · 12d

Follow us to learn more about the wonderful world of the Visigoths, late antiquity, historiography and, of course, AI. #baddo #visigoths #artificialintelligence #baddoproyecto

BADDO @baddoproject.bsky.social · 12d

Degrain demonstrated a profound historical knowledge in his work and great attention to detail, choosing to depict Baddo in a piece from the same century in which the conversion took place. Baddo thus became once again equated with another of the great female figures in history.

BADDO @baddoproject.bsky.social · 12d

Baddo, emulating Theodora, wears a clámide fastened with a fibula, a tiara of pearls and precious stones, and strands of pearls in her hair. Flanking her face, pearl catatheistae extend down to her chest, adorned with a double necklace and a pearl pectoral (Rueda Bermejo, 2017).

BADDO @baddoproject.bsky.social · 12d

To represent Queen Baddo, Degrain decided to use as a reference the 6th-century mosaic of the Byzantine Empress Theodora (527–548) in the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, transferring the majestic elements of the mosaic to his painting (Rueda Bermejo, 2017).

BADDO @baddoproject.bsky.social · 12d

Baddo and Theodora:

In previous publications, we discussed Queen Baddo's signature on the minutes of the Third Council of Toledo. We used Degrain's painting "Conversión de Recaredo" (1888) to illustrate this. Today, we will examine how this relates to Empress Theodora.

BADDO @baddoproject.bsky.social · 16d

It seems that ethics, morals and cordiality with AI are gaining importance, but what do you think? Is it worth the energy expenditure? Are you cordial in your interactions with AI? #artificialintelligence #energyconsumption #ethics #digitalhumanities #baddoproyecto

BADDO @baddoproject.bsky.social · 16d

One study even suggested that in the not-too-distant future, artificial intelligence could become conscious and acquire agency. This is why the morality and well-being of AI is no longer the stuff of science fiction. (Long et al., 2024). arxiv.org/abs/2411.00986

BADDO @baddoproject.bsky.social · 16d

Other studies have shown that prompts made with little impoliteness lead to poor performance, although this does not imply that excessively polite language guarantees better results (Yin et al., SICon 2024). aclanthology.org/2024.sicon-1...

Should We Respect LLMs? A Cross-Lingual Study on the Influence of Prompt Politeness on LLM Performance

Ziqi Yin, Hao Wang, Kaito Horio, Daisuke Kawahara, Satoshi Sekine. Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Social Influence in Conversations (SICon 2024). 2024.

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BADDO @baddoproject.bsky.social · 16d

On social media (X), the question was raised about how much money and energy it costs to say thank you or please to Artificial Intelligence. Sam Altman (CEO of OpenAI) replied that “tens of millions of dollars well spent—you never know”.

BADDO @baddoproject.bsky.social · 16d

More recent studies suggest that by 2030, the energy consumption of Artificial Intelligence could double, slightly exceeding Japan's electricity consumption. AI will become one of the world's leading energy consumers by the end of the decade (IEA, 2025). www.iea.org/reports/ener...