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20260401 – AI SIG Meeting Handout
This AI SIG session is worth watching if you have ever felt stuck between a genealogy puzzle and not knowing what to do next. Instead of treating AI like a magic answer machine, the meeting shows how to use it to build better research questions and stronger research plans.
Janet walks through three real member case studies, including a parentage problem in Indiana, a missing immigrant tied to DNA evidence, and a German ancestor with conflicting reports of where he died. What makes the session especially useful is how practical it is. You see how to guide AI step by step, how to push back when its first answer is incomplete, and how to ask for specific record sets and repositories instead of generic advice.
There is also a helpful reminder that AI still needs supervision, especially with translation and transcription work. If you want a smarter, more organized way to tackle research problems, this recording is well worth your time.
This email version is drawn from the transcript’s emphasis on the four-prompt workflow, the three member examples, and the caution to verify AI output rather than trust it blindly.