Claire Roberts
@ceebrog.bsky.social
Lifestyle guided by "better late than never". Fan of the outdoors. Runs (falls ofen). FE college librarian and enjoyer of books and facts. Scottish perspective on many things, but grateful that the world is a big place.
Reposted by Claire Roberts
Wait until you hear that LLMs can only train on digitized/datafied info.
Most of the FACTS scholars use are in archives/libraries.
Less than 1% of archival colletions worldwide have been digitized.
Also: lots of facts are not even in archives, but in the attics.
Most of the FACTS scholars use are in archives/libraries.
Less than 1% of archival colletions worldwide have been digitized.
Also: lots of facts are not even in archives, but in the attics.
suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
December 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Wait until you hear that LLMs can only train on digitized/datafied info.
Most of the FACTS scholars use are in archives/libraries.
Less than 1% of archival colletions worldwide have been digitized.
Also: lots of facts are not even in archives, but in the attics.
Most of the FACTS scholars use are in archives/libraries.
Less than 1% of archival colletions worldwide have been digitized.
Also: lots of facts are not even in archives, but in the attics.
Both thanks and abject apologies to everyone who has kindly followed me lately (courtesy of the wonderful LILAC?). I've yet to get my bluesky mojo together. I'll get there some time!
May 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Both thanks and abject apologies to everyone who has kindly followed me lately (courtesy of the wonderful LILAC?). I've yet to get my bluesky mojo together. I'll get there some time!