How Are You Using AI?

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📢 Friends, Family Historians, and Genealogists! How Are You Using AI? 🤖

Mark Thompson and I are excited to be collaborating with CeCe Moore and the Institute for Genetic Genealogy to present I4GG AI Day 2025 on Friday 28 March 2025, both in person in San Diego and virtually.

I4GG AI Day 2025 is a Full Day of Discovery, Instruction, and Learning:

Learn Transferable AI Skills with Family History examples

  • Five classes covering Foundations, Prompting, Research, Writing, Images
  • Expert panel on Responsible Use

Please take a moment to answer this quick poll so we can better tailor our sessions to your needs. 👇

How would you describe your current use of AI in genealogy?

  1. 🛑 No exposure – I’ve only read about AI or haven’t used it at all.
  2. 🟡 Still in the first 20 hours – I’ve dabbled and am just getting started.
  3. 🟢 Basic Literacy – I’ve used AI for far more than 20 hours and I feel comfortable and literate in their use, but I wouldn’t call myself an expert.
  4. 🚀 Power User – I feel proficient and understand best practices for AI in genealogy, such as differences between models and how to choose the right one, their limits, and how to mitigate those limits.

Drop your vote and feel free to comment on what AI tools you’ve tried! Looking forward to an engaging discussion at I4GG AI Day 2025! 🎤🔥

You can read more about the event and register to attend in person or virtually: https://i4gg.org

Published by Steve Little

Steve Little is the AI Program Director for the National Genealogical Society and the founder of AI Genealogy Insights. I trace my deep roots to one Appalachian county, where, by 1820, all 32 of my 3rd-great-grandparents had settled—many even earlier than that. In fact, 60 of my most recent ancestors were born, lived, and died there, in Ashe County, NC. My passion lies in AI & genetic genealogy: with a keen interest in endogamy, pedigree collapse, and the art of deciphering multiple relationships through DNA segment triangulation, and an insatiable curiosity to explore beneficial uses and current limits of artificial intelligence in genealogy. Beyond genealogy, I wear many hats: I'm a husband and a dad, a Methodist pastor, and a Virginian. My hobbies span from bird watching and sky gazing to chess and film. Additionally, I'm an avid reader, writer, photographer, and regex script hacker.

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