An Introduction to AI for Humanities Researchers
About this session
Date: April 2025
Presenters: Dr Robert O'Toole & AI Lilly (from Eleven LabsLink opens in a new window)
Main follow-up contact: Robert O'Toole
Overview: In this special edition of the DAHL Shorts, requested by the History Department but of interest to all staff and students in the Arts Faculty, Robert explores how AI works (with just enough technical detail), and how we can use that knowledge to make good judgements about when and how to use AI (or not). Examples considered include: Gale Digital Scholar (tools for analysing text archives); Transkribus (for transcribing manuscripts); ElevenLabs text to voice.
Resources and further readings
- TranskribusLink opens in a new window
- Gale Digital Scholar Lab (accessed through the Library)Link opens in a new window
- DAHL Shorts workshop on machine learning with Jupyter Notebooks and Python (Titanic example)Link opens in a new window
Record and reflect
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