One of the uncommon talks on the latest i4GG conference (videos coming soon) was the one about using AI for family tree by Steve Little, the AI program director for the National Genealogical Society (NGS). I realized that it was the way you phrased your query that might result in extra correct solutions, e.g. “you’re a skilled genealogist … ” I discovered that AI, notably the paid variations, might extract textual content from paperwork, even handwritten ones and translate in context. Right here is my favourite slide from that discuss. Personally my first impression of ChatGPT had been that it was nice at sounding good whereas making stuff up.
Steve might be talking at RootsTech at 8 am Thursday this week and also will be accessible on the NGS sales space as per his post on FaceBook.
Amusingly, in my own talk about using bioancestry to solve unknown parentage cases, I had experimented with utilizing AI generated photographs as an instance just a few of my factors. For instance, once I requested the deepAI image generator for a Hungarian violinist I received this picture whose arms are imperfect, but it surely nonetheless provides pizzazz to the slide.
No sooner has my favourite DNA convention (i4GG) ended, than it’s time to prepare for Rootstech! No I gained’t be there in particular person this 12 months, an excessive amount of to do to arrange for our transfer to Connecticut. Hope everybody has a good time. I’ll attend just about, so in case you are logged in there, you’ll be able to click here to see in case you are associated to me! As all my ancestors are pretty latest immigrants (earliest 1860s), I’ve solely 434 family at Rootstech, the closest being a fifth cousin. Oh properly.