When we were running experiments with ChatGPT this summer, we kept running into guardrails; things that ChatGPT wouldn’t say. None of us wants a chatbot to be racist or sexist, but those of us studying history might want it to be able to speak from the perspective of a 19th century slave holder. (And it won’t.) At the time, we chalked this limitation up to “OpenAI doesn't want … [Read more...] about ChatGPT, Microsoft, and the Development of Guardrails
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Make Review Easier Part 3: Exporting & Scanning Spreadsheets Of Data
We've been talking about review & quality control in the last couple of newsletters. Today, we're going to talk about one of the simplest ways to do a quick review for quality: scanning spreadsheets of transcribed data. Our very first field-based transcription project was the World War I Service Cards project at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. When we … [Read more...] about Make Review Easier Part 3: Exporting & Scanning Spreadsheets Of Data
What is Responsible AI?
I recently returned from the AI4LAM/Fantastic Futures conference, where the goal of ethical or responsible AI was a theme in a number of the presentations. For an implementer like me, however, responsible AI can't be just a call for action. I need examples, criteria, how-tos on how to build ethical AI solutions. At this stage of the AI game, that's not always obvious -- to me, … [Read more...] about What is Responsible AI?
Make Reviewing Easier
People often worry about the quality of crowdsourced transcriptions – and we get it. Strangers, from the internet, working on your material? Yikes! But here’s the deal: many of them won’t be strangers long. The intrinsic motivation our volunteers have and their understanding of how important your material is to historians and genealogists, makes them take a lot of care – more, … [Read more...] about Make Reviewing Easier
An Interview with Dr. Christina Lee of Princeton University
Dr. Christina H. Lee of Princeton University kindly took the time to answer questions and discuss their projects and experience using the platform with Sara Brumfield of FromThePage. Dr. Christina H. Lee is the Professor and Acting Chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Princeton University. First, tell us about your documents. These are the … [Read more...] about An Interview with Dr. Christina Lee of Princeton University