Brief Review: AI for Genealogy, An Introduction

At the end of 2024, Thomas MacEntee published a brief overview of using artificial intelligence (AI) for genealogy. Genealogical.com provided me with a free review copy of this concise digital publication--with no strings attached and no influence over my brief, honest review of this digital-only publication.Despite the rapid evolution of AI in the past couple of years, MacEntee's "at a glance" brief intro to the technology can be useful, especially to folks like me who have barely dipped a toe in the water of AI for genealogy. The cost is $7.95 for downloading this 13-page overview. The author explains what AI is, provides a glossary to define terms, describes several popular AI platforms, and also offers a variety of ways AI can be used to help genealogists, such as for creating images related to ancestors and for filling in the blanks on social history background. Just as important, he lays out the good of AI (such as the ability to analyze large data sets) and the bad of AI (such…