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AI and Family History: Review of “Co-Intelligence: Living and Working With AI”

Jul 21, 2024

Wanting to know more about how Artificial intelligence (AI) works and tips for using it effectively for genealogy, I took Steve Little’s AI Course at the GRIP Genealogy Institute, “AI Genealogy Seminars: From Basics to Breakthroughs.” Steve recommended Ethan Mollick’s 2024 book Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI. I found the book to be perfect for my level of understanding and full of examples. Humorous at times, Mollick gives us much food for thought. Writing...

Transkribus: Revolutionizing Handwritten Text Analysis with AI

Jul 2, 2024

Would you like to automate the transcription of handwritten documents? Or quickly search for a particular name in a large probate or pension application file? Transkribus is an innovative platform that harnesses the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to make deciphering old handwriting faster. Whether you’re tracing your family tree or researching historical figures, Transkribus can save you countless hours by automatically transcribing handwritten documents into searchable text. In this blog post, we’ll explore how...

Handwritten Text Recognition by Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Jun 28, 2024

Handwritten text recognition by large language models (LLMs) has become much better with the latest releases of ChatGPT 4o and Claude 3. 5 Sonnet. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the smartest LLM available today. See Anita Kirkovska, “Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs GPT-4o,” vellum (https://www.vellum.ai/blog/claude-3-5-sonnet-vs-gpt4o). I decided to test Claude 3.5 Sonnet with one of my favorite tasks – handwritten text recognition, a challenging task for LLMs. To test the capabilities of Claude 3.5 Sonnet, I created a...

RLP 311: Giving Credit to AI Tools in Genealogy Writing

Jun 24, 2024

In this podcast episode, Diana and Nicole discuss the use of Generative AI in scholarly and genealogical writing, emphasizing the importance of transparency in disclosing AI assistance. They talk about editorial guidelines from scholarly journals and the Association of Computational Linguistics, which suggest clear declarations of AI’s involvement in literature searches, drafting, and idea generation. Key points include recommendations for crediting AI-generated content not as authors but by detailing the AI’s role. They also explore...

RLP 310: Disclosing Use of AI in Genealogy Writing

Jun 17, 2024

In this podcast episode, Diana and Nicole discuss the evolving role of AI chatbots in various writing contexts, particularly in academia and genealogy. They highlight the changing policies around the use of large language models (LLMs) in academic writing, noting how organizations like the International Conference on Machine Learning have shifted from prohibiting to allowing LLMs, provided that authors are responsible for the content and its integrity. They delve into the ethical considerations of using...

Transcribing Document Images with ChatGPT and Claude

May 3, 2024

Artificial Intelligence tools have made huge strides in transcribing handwritten text in recent years. I’ve already written about FamilySearch’s use of AI to transcribe thousands of deed and probate images here: AI-Powered Full-Text Search of Handwritten Text at FamilySearch. In this post, I’ll share how I’ve been using ChatGPT 4.0 (the paid version) and Claude (free version) to upload images (.jpg and .png) and transcribe them quickly. These large language models (LLMs) do a pretty...

Disclosing Use of AI for Writing Assistance in Genealogy

Apr 12, 2024

Exploring the use of artificial intelligence chatbots for creating written content is the new frontier – full of uncertainties and unknowns. Organizations that once prohibited the use of LLMs for research papers are now allowing them, as long as authors are fact-checking the output and attempting to cite potentially copyrighted materials included in the output. In 2023, the International Conference on Machine Learning prohibited the use of LLMs in their call for papers. In 2024,...

AI-Powered Full-Text Search of Handwritten Text at FamilySearch

Mar 3, 2024

FamilySearch announced at RootsTech last week that they have launched a full-text search powered by artificial intelligence. It currently includes the US Land and Probate Records and Mexico Notary Records collections. This is still an “experiment” in FamilySearch labs, available at https://www.familysearch.org/Labs/, but it already includes over 100,000,000 records, with more collections to be added in the coming months. I tested the full-text search on my brick wall, the father of John Robert Dyer, born...

Can ChatGPT Help with Genealogy Citations?

Nov 17, 2023

If you’re curious about how artificial intelligence (AI) might help you become more efficient, consider experimenting with citations. The large language models (LLMs) that have become popular in the last year might prove useful in this area. I’ve been using ChatGPT to experiment with AI in the last month as a student in the National Genealogical Society (NGS) course, Empowering Genealogists with Artificial Intelligence taught by Steve Little. Steve has a great blog here: https://aigenealogyinsights.com/....