At the start of this journey, I said I would conduct my investigations in 9 Phases:<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve completed the first three Phases and reported on them in previous posts. However, given what I have learned up to now, I\u2019ve decided to change my plan in the following ways:<\/p>\n
Combine Phases 4 and 5:<\/strong> It\u2019s a feasible and better approach to obtain AI support for a combination of Index entries and associated File names.<\/p>\n Combine Phases 6, 7, and 8:<\/strong> I\u2019ve discovered that AI can deal with scanned documents in much the same way as born digital documents, so they can both be investigated together. Furthermore, given the limits on context windows, and file numbers and sizes, it\u2019s not really practical to try to obtain AI support for combinations of the whole index and large numbers of content files. Instead, I shall investigate the approach of applying AI to a subset of content files and their associated index entries.<\/p>\n Change Phase 9<\/strong> \u2013 AI support for the whole of PAWDOC will have been explored in the new Phases outlined above. Instead, the final Phase will assess all my findings about how AI can support personal archives<\/p>\n Add another Phase:<\/strong> Since setting out the Phases back in March this year, I\u2019ve discovered that the FileMaker application I use to manage the PAWDOC Index, has been incorporating progressive amounts of AI support since the version I currently have which came out in 2019. Furthermore, FileMaker is currently offering a 45-day free trial of its latest version \u2013 FileMaker Pro 2025. I intend to take up this offer once I have completed the revised PAWDOC Phases. This will include watching various training videos about FileMaker\u2019s AI\u2019s capabilities in addition to performing tests on the PAWDOC Index and Files. I anticipate that the way FileMaker has addressed the opportunities afforded by AI, will extend my AI knowledge as well as providing an insight into how any Database\/Indexing\/Repository software might try to exploit AI.<\/p>\n In summary the Phases I now intend to follow are as follows:<\/p>\n 1-3: Complete.<\/p>\n 4. AI support for PAWDOC\u2019s combined index entries and file titles<\/p>\n 5. AI support for selected subsets of PAWDOC born digital\/scanned document and their associated index entries.<\/p>\n 6. AI Support provided by FileMaker for the PAWDOC Index.<\/p>\n 7. Assessing all my findings about how AI can support personal archives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At the start of this journey, I said I would conduct my investigations in 9 Phases: AI support for the Memento collection\u2019s index entries. AI support for the Memento collection\u2019s combined Index entries and file titles. AI support for the … Continue reading