A (Possible) Future of A.I. Genealogy Research: Open Archives and ChatGPT

UPDATE: Shortly after sharing this post, Bob Coret, the creator of the "Open Archives" plugin (and a founder of the site), got in touch. The "Open Source" plugin in more impressive than my cursory exploration revealed. The plugin is more thoroughly documented at his blog post, which is linked at bottom along with further observations. … Continue reading A (Possible) Future of A.I. Genealogy Research: Open Archives and ChatGPT →

The Power of A.I. Genealogical Prompt Chaining

I. Introduction: The Power of A.I. Genealogical Prompt Chaining Welcome to the fascinating world of AI applications, where the dynamic use of language models continually expands our capabilities and insights. Today, we venture further into this realm to explore an exciting concept: prompt chaining. Prompt chaining is a powerful tool that taps into the versatility … Continue reading The Power of A.I. Genealogical Prompt Chaining →

Using ChatGPT Plugins for Genealogy

What they are, where to get them, why use them, and how to use them: Using the AskYourPDF plugin as an in-depth example I. Introduction: Plugins: What, why, where, & how [NOTE: For clarification: the plugin features discussed in this post require a ChatGPT Plus subscription. At $20/month, you gain access not just to GPT-4 … Continue reading Using ChatGPT Plugins for Genealogy →

AIGI This Week: 28 April 2023

Here are a couple of noteworthy posts I saw this week and several podcasts I heard. Prompt: A Useful, Flexible Format Use Case: Derived Generated Writing Use Case: Historical Document Analysis and Simplification Podcasts: Two Recommendations from This Week Humans vs. Machines with Gary Marcus 🤖: "And the winner is…Watson!" 🏆 Last Week in AI … Continue reading AIGI This Week: 28 April 2023 →

AI Genealogy Use Case Guide: How-to Get from Story to Structured Data, 2: Create GEDCOM (family tree) files from obits, articles, & announcements

Go directly to the step-by-step walk-through. This detailed how-to is a follow-up to the use case announcement from March 17, 2023 titled “Using ChatGPT to Write Stories from Family Trees, Create Trees from Stories“. This is Use Case Guide #3 and builds upon: Use Case Guide #1: How to Clean Raw and Poor OCR Text, … Continue reading AI Genealogy Use Case Guide: How-to Get from Story to Structured Data, 2: Create GEDCOM (family tree) files from obits, articles, & announcements →

AI Genealogy Use Case Guide: How-to Get from Story to Structured Data, 1: from Text to Table Data, from Stories to CSV files

Go directly to the step-by-step walk-through. This detailed how-to is a follow-up to the use case announcement from March 22, 2023 titled "Using ChatGPT to Glean Info from Obits, Articles, and Announcements". This is Use Case Guide #2 and builds upon Use Case Guide #1: How to Clean Raw and Poor OCR Text. This Use … Continue reading AI Genealogy Use Case Guide: How-to Get from Story to Structured Data, 1: from Text to Table Data, from Stories to CSV files →

AI Genealogy Use Case Guide: How to Clean Raw and Poor OCR Text

Go directly to the step-by-step walk-through. This detailed how-to is a follow-up to the use case announcement from March 22, 2023 titled "AI Genealogy Use Case: Cleaning-up OCR Text" This preliminary step prepares the AI Genealogist for other valid use cases today; cleaning your OCR text help eliminate "garbage in, garbage out" information processing. Introduction: … Continue reading AI Genealogy Use Case Guide: How to Clean Raw and Poor OCR Text →

Genealogy and Artificial Intelligence: Falling Off the Dunning-Kruger Cliff

What do we call the disappointment that first-time users feel when AI tools fail their expectations? I know I got burned last year and I had my own WTF moment. I certainly don’t blame folks for feeling misled. For SO many reasons. The most harmful may be the hype that likely draws many first-time users–that … Continue reading Genealogy and Artificial Intelligence: Falling Off the Dunning-Kruger Cliff →