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Arend Visher
Arend Visher ✭✭
October 19, 2024 edited October 21, 2024 in Search

Right now, under Search there is an option for Google. When you click this, it auto generates a search with basic vital information.

I have been using Bing’s Copilot with relatively good success. I ask questions like, is this person who was married to this person still alive? Or What can you find on this person who lived around this time and in this place? Or can you help me understand if this name makes sense, it is from this time period and in this place. Stuff like that.

From this I have found records that I could not find in other places and the ability to talk with the computer and tell it what my need was, and problem was works.

But there is this. Sometimes it does and sometimes not depending on phrasing and such.

I think it would be good to add Copilot, (or any other internet AI search or develop our own) to the search field. And bases on testing, prompt the AI with the best use phrases and information to get the best results.

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    October 24, 2024 edited October 24, 2024

    There is already a labs project for FamilySearch AI-assisted search: https://www.familysearch.org/en/labs/

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  • Julia Szent-Györgyi
    Julia Szent-Györgyi ✭✭✭✭✭
    October 24, 2024

    Personally, I detest AI-"assisted" search. Plain old Google search now unfortunately adds a lot of it, unasked, resulting in me yelling at my computer. No, when I put it in quotes, I really, really, really meant that THAT's what I wanted to search for. Really. I should not need to also add a "minus otherthing" for the AI to stop suggesting it.

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    October 24, 2024

    One of the for-pay genealogy sites also now as AI-assisted "research." I worry that the unaware will take the less-than-accurate results as gospel.

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  • janebabcock
    janebabcock ✭✭
    March 13

    I am impressed with the new AII assisted research. I love the ability to have an on going, saved discussion with questions and answers focused on a single person in FamilySearch. All of the AI answers gave clickable sources and provided an evaluation of accuracy. Will there be a feedback group where we can ask questions about issues related to the new experiment and how it can be best used?

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  • SerraNola
    SerraNola mod
    March 13

    @janebabcock This is so new there has not been time to get a Feedback Group up and running. Good to hear that you're having a positive experience with it!

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  • Arend Visher
    Arend Visher ✭✭
    March 16

    It is good to see that there is a lab experiment for this. But I can't seem to find it. Below is a screen shot of what I get when go the lab page. No of the options seem to work like this.

    @Janebabcock, which one are you using?
    Thanks

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