How do I help the AI learn?
Last night, for the first time, I tried the "AI Research Assistant found a name…." It showed me a census record for the family in question, and there was an additional child. However, the child's birthdate was well before the parents' marriage date, so I asked AI "Who is Frederick Smith's mother?" It answered with the mother in the census record.
Well, I solved that mystery, but the AI Research Assistant doesn't know what I found. Should I be making additional statements to help it learn? Since the sidebar says "Ask AI Questions," I don't know what really belongs there.
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An AI learns from what we tell it. It needs all the help it can get, IMHO.
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So I should tell it, for instance (from my example above): "Sometimes census records do not show the correct parents because a parent has remarried since the child was born. Frederick was born before Harrison & Mary Ann's marriage date."?
Would that be helpful (and understandable)? It does seem to be pretty dumb in the other instances I've tried today.
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It seems to learn (or at least parrot back) information such as "A tree is not a valid source." Whether that information will make the Assistant better in the long term remains to be seen. Simple declarative sentences are probably better. A complex sentence is probably too much, at least at this point.
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@CherylMillerBlack The AI Research Assistant product team plan on adding a feature that will let you tell the AI Research Assistant that it has included incorrect data.
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So has it been learning up to this point? Or just searching through available sources at FamilySearch?
Yesterday I asked a question about a birth date. The AI gave me a date that was a total hallucination. When I said "Where did you find that information?" it gave me a link to a FS Community discussion where I had asked something (unrelated issue) about the same family—although not about this person. I said "That source does not have a date" and the AI parroted "That source does not have a specific date" but then offered again to find the birth date for me. This is why I wonder if it's learning anything!
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And why I said it parrots what we tell it.
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@Nestor Martinez1 will there be an announcement when that feature is available? Thanks for telling us what's in the works!
It sounds like a great step, but now I'm wondering if I should be taking the time until then to try to correct the AI Research Assistant.
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