UVTAGG - 2023-11-05- Press Release: Online Mtg, 11 Nov 2023, 10-12 Noon MT, JAMES TANNER on AI IN GENEALOGY
2023-11-05
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UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 11 Nov 2023, on Zoom and Facebook
10 am - 11 AM MT: JAMES TANNER on THE IMMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON GENEALOGY
11:10-12 Noon MT: JAMES TANNER on ARTIFICIAL IMTELLIGENCE (continued) and Q&A
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UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday Morning, 11Nov 2023, 10 am - 12 Noon MT on Zoom and Facebook
10 am - 11 AM MT: JAMES TANNER on THE IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON GENEALOGY
11:10-12 Noon MT: JAMES TANNER on ARTIFICIAL IMTELLIGENCE (continued) and Q&A
ABOUT JAMES TANNER:
James has over 40 years of experience in genealogical research and is an avid blogger of the Genealogy’s Star Blog. He has served as a family history volunteer for over 18 years and has presented at expos and conferences around the US, Canada, and Europe. He is a member of the board of directors of the Family History Guide Association and is currently serving at the BYU Family History Library. James is an attorney, a professional photographer, and has 7 children, 34 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.
ABOUT THE MAIN PRESENTATION AND CLASS WITH Q&A:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been getting a lot of media attention lately. Overall, AI is developing so rapidly that what you see and how you interact online is changing exponentially. Advancements like Chat GPT-4, DALL-E 2, self-driving cars, and natural language processing are transforming the AI landscape. Because genealogy is a subject that is highly dependent on information, come and learn about how and why AI is impacting genealogy from the implantation of handwriting recognition to indexing and beyond.
All meetings of the Group are open to the public and have the goal of helping people use technology to further their family and personal history. The group is in its 33rd year and previously was called the Utah Valley PAF Users Group. On the blog is a way for anyone to receive the press releases via email. Members of the group ($15/year), besides being able to interact with presenters on ZOOM, receive the monthly email newsletter TAGGology and have access to the more than 650 videos of past presentations and classes. TAGGology newsletter contains a wealth of information about genealogy, including information for Temple and Family History Consultants. Free sample copies of the Newsletter can be requested by emailing uvtagginfo@gmail.com .
Officers of UVTAGG are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Jerry Castillo, Membership Officer, Marilyn Thomsen, TAGGology Newsletter Editor; Rayanne Melick, Treasurer; Jackson Andersen, Librarian; Carol Hill, Social Media Publicist; James Anderson, FamilySearch Coordinator; Rick Wightman, Chris Stevenson, Brent Nelson, Jerry Castillo, and Dawn Brimhall, Broadcast and Website Specialists. For further information contact President Gerhard Ruf at uvtagginfo@gmail.com (801-602-5048), or 1st VP Laurie Castillo at gengal@comcast.net , or 2nd VP Don Snow at snowd@math.byu.edu .
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Dr. Donald R. Snow, Retired Professor of Mathematics, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA - snowd@math.byu.edu
