Join co-hosts Lauren Kata and Emily Mathay as they chat with Ben and Sara Brumfield, co-founders of Brumfield Labs, about the future of AI in the archives. Sara and Ben discuss their ongoing work developing projects at the intersection of cultural heritage and emerging technologies, including FromThePage, a platform for crowdsourcing transcription of handwritten documents. This episode also touches on the potential challenges of integrating AI into archival work: its impact on jobs and employment, the types of tasks for which it is useful, and the importance of choosing and evaluating AI tools carefully.
Episode Extras
Check out: FromThePage
“10 Ways AI Will Change Archives” webinar series
Archives as an Antidote for ChatGPT
SAA Description Section YouTube video: Current Uses of AI in Archival Description