Ben and I were recently in San Jose, California for a wedding. We stopped by the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum for an afternoon visit, and were surprised to find an astonishing use of ChatGPT: A responsive, animatronic Thoth! You step up to a microphone, and ask Thoth a question, and he lectures – in this he resembles the know-it-all ChatGPT– tying your question to a … [Read more...] about Animatronic GPTs at Museums?
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Envisioning Ancestors with AI
This month we are excited to share a fascinating project that highlights the power of crowdsourced transcriptions combined with AI. The Library of Virginia recently hosted a workshop titled "Envisioning Ancestors with AI," which utilized transcriptions of historic records from the Virginia Untold project (transcribed on FromThePage) to create imaginative depictions of people … [Read more...] about Envisioning Ancestors with AI
Signature Talks Program
The Signature Talks program offers free training for your group through our most popular webinars, “Your First Crowdsourcing Project”, "10 Ways AI Will Change Archives and Libraries", and "Using HTR in People-Centered Transcription”, tailored to specific groups. This program is designed for groups of at least five people, providing a customized experience with a dedicated … [Read more...] about Signature Talks Program
Can Multi-Modal LLMs Transcribe Historic Documents?
Recently, both OpenAI and Google released new multi-modal large language models, where were immediately touted for their ability to transcribe documents. Also last week, I transcribed this document from the Library of Virginia’s collection from the Virginia Revolutionary Conventions. Let’s read it together: Whereas his Excellency John Earl of Dun- more Lieutenant and … [Read more...] about Can Multi-Modal LLMs Transcribe Historic Documents?
All the Things: Useful Metadata from AI
Ben and I have been brainstorming things that could be done with AI tools once you have transcriptions – crowdsourced or HTR’d – of documents. There’s a LOT! I thought it would be fun to share that list with you, to spark ideas and possibilities. Reply and let me know what ideas you have and what we missed. Yes, some of these are crazy – but many of them are not. And I … [Read more...] about All the Things: Useful Metadata from AI