Carole, Great post. I used Cowork to organize and categorize Mom's over 1,000 diary entries giving it the categories just like you did. It was amazing and now I can call up from the database either manually or as Cowork to do it. There are so many uses for AI that we've just scratched the surface.
Hi Lynda, that is a marvellous output for those diary entries. I think you are correct in saying, "There are so many uses for AI we've just scratched the surface." Each time I begin to unravel some mystery or face a challenge, I now think to myself, "How can I solve this with an AI tool". Knowing now what each of them do best, I make a more reliable choice and get a better output. This change to our thinking process indicates a 'substantial shift' in our workflow with AI in Genealogy!
Even with AI doing the majority of the work, this sounds intense to me. I have over 250 posts on my family history blog. I need to grapple with it sometime though as I really need an index to see what I've covered and what I need to work on.
Hi Virginia, at first yes it was intense. I had stared for hours at the Google sheet I had exported from Substack, trying to determine a way of categorising with formulae, pivot tables and other technical processes. In the end I thought it best to allocate the task to a skilled assistant. If you have a Claude subscription and access to Cowork I recommend giving them to task of categorising your 250+ blog posts.
Carole, Great post. I used Cowork to organize and categorize Mom's over 1,000 diary entries giving it the categories just like you did. It was amazing and now I can call up from the database either manually or as Cowork to do it. There are so many uses for AI that we've just scratched the surface.
Hi Lynda, that is a marvellous output for those diary entries. I think you are correct in saying, "There are so many uses for AI we've just scratched the surface." Each time I begin to unravel some mystery or face a challenge, I now think to myself, "How can I solve this with an AI tool". Knowing now what each of them do best, I make a more reliable choice and get a better output. This change to our thinking process indicates a 'substantial shift' in our workflow with AI in Genealogy!
Even with AI doing the majority of the work, this sounds intense to me. I have over 250 posts on my family history blog. I need to grapple with it sometime though as I really need an index to see what I've covered and what I need to work on.
Hi Virginia, at first yes it was intense. I had stared for hours at the Google sheet I had exported from Substack, trying to determine a way of categorising with formulae, pivot tables and other technical processes. In the end I thought it best to allocate the task to a skilled assistant. If you have a Claude subscription and access to Cowork I recommend giving them to task of categorising your 250+ blog posts.