Exploring the Advantages and Limitations of Artificial Intelligence-assisted Genealogy
From Halloween Tricks to Everyday Tools: Building Reusable Structured Research Prompts That Actually Work Hello friends and fellow researchers! Episode 36 of the podcast, "A Simple Path to Better Prompts," is out this morning, and I'd like to give you a long walk-through of the Tip of the Week which I shared in this episode. … Continue reading Crafting Better Research Prompts: A Complete Walk-through
Listen to a spooky-good Halloween-themed audio overview about these prompts by two over-caffeinated co-hosts. Steve's Best Prompts:Quick Copy-Paste Sheet Steve Little | Halloween, Oct 31, 2025 | v7.0h | CC BY-NC 4.0 | PDF of Print-friendly version 🎃 TRICK OR TREAT — Third Halloween Edition 🎃 Sixteen prompts to conjure better AI responses Note from … Continue reading Fun Prompt Friday: 3rd Halloween Edition
Episode 35 of the Family History AI Show just dropped. We cover: Photoshop’s “Nano Banana” photo-repair magic in practical, genealogy-friendly terms ChatGPT Projects now free—and why that matters for organizing research How to cite AI-assisted images responsibly (with examples you can copy) Listen here: https://blubrry.com/3738800/149483280/ep35-nano-banana-comes-to-photoshop-chatgpt-projects-now-free-citation-best-practices-for-nano-banana-sora-2-goes-social-claude-writes-ms-office-documents/ Projects FAQ Builder (free prompt) "Projects" are my favorite things … Continue reading Episode 35 is live — “Nano Banana” in Photoshop, ChatGPT Projects goes free, and citation best practices
AI image editing is evolving from simple commands into a creative conversation. For this Fun Prompt Friday, we're using that power to do something truly artistic: embedding a memory directly into a photograph. The prompt below guides the AI to analyze a scene and then install a ghostly wire sculpture—a 'memory made manifest'—that reveals the … Continue reading Fun Prompt Friday: Image Editing
Hi, Friends: I asked Claude to draft the announcement below, but I personally wanted to thank you for your support these past three years. I'm excited about this next chapter as we enter the GPT-5-class phase of the AI revolution. For those just joining us--welcome to this journey of discovery! Best, Steve PS: Me again: … Continue reading Enrollment Is Open for Our “Introduction to Family History AI” Course
June 3 was the first anniversary of the Family History AI Show podcast, so I'm especially glad to announce that episode 25 is released today. (Both Mark and I were touched by the outpouring of inquiries and kind words during the break--thank you!) This episode features an interview Mark and I conducted with Jarrett Ross … Continue reading Episode 25: Photorealistic image generation with GPT-4o; reasoning over image analysis with OpenAI’s o3; in-image text generation solved
About 14 months ago, I suggested genealogists would soon have a "flock of bots" assisting them. Borland Genetics is already making this a reality and even surpassing my expectations. Kevin Borland is creating at the cutting edge, orchestrating multiple AI assistants like a symphony conductor, pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Yesterday, Kevin introduced Linka, … Continue reading “Man as Toolmaker” Is Taking on New Meaning at the Dawn of the AI Age
📢 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 … Continue reading How Are You Using AI?