<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Greetings friends and colleagues,<br>
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Everyone is doubtless aware of the speed of technological change, with the
opportunities and challenges that these new systems offer us. Right now, we can
all use Artificially Intelligent applications, like ChatGPT and Microsoft
Copilot. They are free to use and are easily accessed. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The reason for this message is to raise your
awareness of the likelihood of encountering false data in the future, whether
you use these tools or not.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> It
came to my attention a few days ago that Copilot was attaching my name to the
discovery of the Dragonfly Wing Fossil, simply because of my position with the
Museum. This is not true and could cause concern amongst those in the know.<b>
This sort of thing will continue to happen</b>, so please, take care to verify
strange facts wherever you encounter them (Facebook), it could be just an A.I. fabrication.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot are referred to
as Natural Language Processors, so you can type in questions using plain English.
It can answer almost any query; recipes, history, science, language,
composition, coding, etc. Interestingly, you can give it a set of parameters or
conditions to fulfill, such as "explain the topic of Reconciliation as it
applies to Canadian First Nations people in a manner that Grade 9 children can
understand". Within seconds, your request will be answered. These NLP's are
conversational so you can continue your query with a modifier like "tell
me more about that" or "give me another example".</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Large Language Model that is the engine of
these systems is improving constantly but in these early days, there are some
quirks that can cause problems. You will still see a vast difference in the
answers to the same query between the two systems mentioned here. If your use
of an NLP is the least bit critical, fact-check or otherwise test the validity
of the answers before adopting them.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">(I resisted running this
through AI to make it sound better, but you can do that, too!)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></span><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="4">Todd Davidson</font><div>Operations Manager</div><div>Princeton and District Museum and Archives</div><div>167 Vermilion Ave., PO Box 281,</div><div>Princeton, BC, V0X 1W0</div><div>250-295-7588</div><div><a href="http://www.princetonmuseum.org" target="_blank">www.princetonmuseum.org</a></div><div><a href="mailto:princetonmuseum@gmail.com" target="_blank">princetonmuseum@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">We acknowledge </span></i></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">the Similkameen Valley </span></i></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">on which we learn, work, and organize </span></i></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">is the ancestral, traditional and unceded territory of the <b>Similqmix People</b>, and is home to the </span></i></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bcafn.ca%2Ffirst-nations-bc%2Fthompson-okanagan%2Fupper-similkameen&data=05%7C01%7Ceoc%40usib.ca%7Cfcadbb901c83497aa9c008da351b00f6%7C8d390933f6dc429e81abc3b43ace9e6c%7C0%7C0%7C637880687333887033%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=7YtSzKZMBsucLLagYhuNeppz%2BpsX8NmsVFHtZ0lL6oM%3D&reserved=0" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b>Upper Similkameen Indian Band</b></span></a></span></i></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="m_5640787737913606505m_6382779435039466049DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br><table style="border-top:1px solid #d3d4de"><tbody><tr><td style="width:55px;padding-top:13px"><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" target="_blank"><img src="https://s-install.avcdn.net/ipm/preview/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif" alt="" width="46" height="29" style="width:46px;height:29px"></a></td><td style="width:470px;padding-top:12px;color:#41424e;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px">Virus-free.<a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" style="color:#4453ea" target="_blank">www.avast.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="#m_5640787737913606505_m_6382779435039466049_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"></a></div>
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