🔍 In this episode of Humans of AI, Kai Jauslin, interaction designer and AI developer, discusses how his “Websites for Netherland” project turned web archives into interactive public experiences, evolving from a Swiss National Library installation into an open-source, Europe-wide initiative with Internet Archive Europe, using AI to extract metadata, translate content, and enable conversational search.
He also addresses legal and data-access challenges in public institutions and envisions expanding the project internationally, improving metadata, and enhancing voice interaction. His key takeaway: explore and “play” with open data to create engaging, human-centered cultural experiences.
📌 HoAI Highlights
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18:36] The Takeaway
The Spark🗣️“I like to work closely with institutions… it’s a joint process, and that’s what makes it special.”
The Impact
🗣️ “AI acted as a translator between archived images and user queries, creating a common ground that made search and exploration possible.”
The Challenge
🗣️ “Public institutions face legal and access challenges that limit how open data can be used, creating a gap between what corporations and small organizations can do with AI.”
The Future
🗣️“AI enables us to quickly build specific, playful applications with open data, merging coding and design in ways that were previously too costly or complex.”
The Takeaway
🗣️ “Go and play with the data—use open archives as a playground to explore, experiment, and build your own vision.”
📌 About Our Guests
Kai Jauslin | Webarchiving Display
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https://webarchiving.internetarchive.eu/ The
Webarchiving Display project turns archived websites into interactive, navigable visualizations, letting the public explore historical web content through AI-enhanced search and voice interaction.
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