So much of your family history lives in files and folders on your computer: downloaded records, transcriptions, research logs, and photographs. A new kind of AI assistant can now work with those files directly, no copying, pasting, or uploading required.
In this talk, you’ll see how AI assistants that work on your own computer, such as Claude Cowork and ChatGPT Codex, can read your documents, organize and file them, and create new ones under your direction. Mark will show you how to take on chores every genealogist dreads, like turning a messy pile of records into clearly named folders in minutes, and analysis projects that used to swallow entire weekends. This new way of working comes with real risks as well, so doing it safely matters even more than doing it quickly. You’ll learn the important habits that will help you keep these exciting new tools safe and secure.
When AI can work directly on your computer, big projects suddenly feel possible. You’ll leave knowing how to unlock the answers already stored in your own files.
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- Length: 45 to 60 minutes, including Q&A
- Formats: Virtual or in-person presentation (demonstration format; attendees do not need a device)
- Audience: Intermediate; basic comfort with an AI chatbot assumed
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