The sad part is that in the years to come most folks won't get past that cartoon and think they know all they need to know...
Question if you don't mind. Clearing out my bookshelf and found "The Civil War State by State" by Chester G. Hearn. No idea where it came from. Is it worth keeping and reading one state at a time? I mean, is it accurate and worthwhile?
As a test our executive producer on Valor at New Market Heights had an intern in Hollywood do an AI generated short promo. It failed on so many fronts... we scrapped the idea right away. I keep seeing AI mangle together New Market with New Market Heights...so the VMI Cadets end up fighting the USCT in an imaginary battle over muddy shoes.
Congratulations on your book. I wish you great success with it.
Your comments about AI are valid in many respects. You are certainly correct that AI outputs benefit immeasurably from human understanding, complexity, and nuance. Good AI programs can be very sophisticated in their analysis, but like all outputs -- even human ones -- they should be carefully evaluated.
I hope that your book can correct misconceptions, human and AI, about Shaw, his troops, and the conditions under which they fought.
There is ton of clickbait out there. People are using AI to create videos about historic figures making use of readily available text and visual material. They all tend to have the same wooden prose. Recently, I encountered one that proposed that a famous, but anonymous, photograph taken on the Lower East Side of a dead horse and playing children was actually taken by the esteemed photographer Lewis Hine. The video built a suspenseful narrative of scholars discovering, bit by bit, evidence that proved it was a Hine photograph. It was compelling. But a little due diligence showed that none of the scholars were real people, and none of the "evidence" was backed by actual sources. Even using AI, it took some work to pull this together. Why?
AI summaries can be improved at the time of creation by astute prompts. Text is easy, but refining an is tough. Image generation has significant limitations. I'm okay with inaccurate or unrealistic images as long as the script is edited for accuracy.
The regiment trained in Readville? Readville Hyde Park? Was there a base there? I used to live in Roslindale so I’m curious about the exact location. Thanks!
Thanks, I’ll check it out next time I’m visiting. Rozzie is such a great neighborhood. I lived 2 blocks from the square (and the library!). Miss the fabulous farmers market, Tony’s, Fornax, Delfino’s, Sophia’s Grotto and the Pleasant Cafe!
Hi Jane. It just so happens that I live in Roslindale. Yes, that very same neighborhood in Hyde Park. It's now a park, but the city has placed wayside markers along a path that tells the history of the site. There is one building from the time still visible, but that's about it.
AI click bait history posts on social media drive me mad. They're mostly fact on the surface but if you look closer they exaggerate and omit things or they simply make stuff up. History is so much more interesting and nuanced for the slop to figure out.
Omg! Kevin, you had me laughing so hard I almost spewed my coffee! This is why I think I’ll stay old school on research, or at least try. AI is everywhere now.
The sad part is that in the years to come most folks won't get past that cartoon and think they know all they need to know...
Question if you don't mind. Clearing out my bookshelf and found "The Civil War State by State" by Chester G. Hearn. No idea where it came from. Is it worth keeping and reading one state at a time? I mean, is it accurate and worthwhile?
Definitely worth reading.
Thank you. Goes in the “to be moved” pile.
As a test our executive producer on Valor at New Market Heights had an intern in Hollywood do an AI generated short promo. It failed on so many fronts... we scrapped the idea right away. I keep seeing AI mangle together New Market with New Market Heights...so the VMI Cadets end up fighting the USCT in an imaginary battle over muddy shoes.
Congratulations on your book. I wish you great success with it.
Your comments about AI are valid in many respects. You are certainly correct that AI outputs benefit immeasurably from human understanding, complexity, and nuance. Good AI programs can be very sophisticated in their analysis, but like all outputs -- even human ones -- they should be carefully evaluated.
I hope that your book can correct misconceptions, human and AI, about Shaw, his troops, and the conditions under which they fought.
There is ton of clickbait out there. People are using AI to create videos about historic figures making use of readily available text and visual material. They all tend to have the same wooden prose. Recently, I encountered one that proposed that a famous, but anonymous, photograph taken on the Lower East Side of a dead horse and playing children was actually taken by the esteemed photographer Lewis Hine. The video built a suspenseful narrative of scholars discovering, bit by bit, evidence that proved it was a Hine photograph. It was compelling. But a little due diligence showed that none of the scholars were real people, and none of the "evidence" was backed by actual sources. Even using AI, it took some work to pull this together. Why?
I have read over 100 Civil War regimental histories while available free on Google. I have ancestors who served.
I appreciate your posts revealing the context of various aspects of that history.
Well done.
Thanks, Malcolm.
AI summaries can be improved at the time of creation by astute prompts. Text is easy, but refining an is tough. Image generation has significant limitations. I'm okay with inaccurate or unrealistic images as long as the script is edited for accuracy.
Her family's home was Ventfort in Lenox, correct? or was it a previous building on that land?
I think that is the home where they summered, but I would have go back and check.
Just looked - current house, which is very much a mansion - built 1891.
so maybe a different house / same property.
The regiment trained in Readville? Readville Hyde Park? Was there a base there? I used to live in Roslindale so I’m curious about the exact location. Thanks!
Thanks, I’ll check it out next time I’m visiting. Rozzie is such a great neighborhood. I lived 2 blocks from the square (and the library!). Miss the fabulous farmers market, Tony’s, Fornax, Delfino’s, Sophia’s Grotto and the Pleasant Cafe!
Hi Jane. It just so happens that I live in Roslindale. Yes, that very same neighborhood in Hyde Park. It's now a park, but the city has placed wayside markers along a path that tells the history of the site. There is one building from the time still visible, but that's about it.
All still here except Fornax, which was recently sold. :-(
AI click bait history posts on social media drive me mad. They're mostly fact on the surface but if you look closer they exaggerate and omit things or they simply make stuff up. History is so much more interesting and nuanced for the slop to figure out.
That’s the problem. Most people don’t look closer.
Omg! Kevin, you had me laughing so hard I almost spewed my coffee! This is why I think I’ll stay old school on research, or at least try. AI is everywhere now.
Be careful out there, Marty. LOL