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Can AI appraise Te Papa’s public records?

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By Gareth Watkins, Jennifer Twist
| Te Papa’s Blog
Could Artificial Intelligence really appraise Te Papa’s public records? Collections Data Manager Gareth Watkins and Archivist Jennifer Twist tested it on thousands of records and got results that were faster, less resource-intensive, and more consistent than expected – until they weren’t. This post unpacks the experiment, the limits we encountered, and why curatorial context still matters. At first glance, it seemed simple: teach AI to help appraise 32,000 public records.
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The Rise And Fall of Queer Cartoons

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By Gareth Watkins
| Aftermath Verified
A little while back, conservatives discovered the existence of cartoons, but only their existence. What they do not know, and perhaps can’t know, is that for a brief moment cartoons got really good, and really gay, and now they are dying. Now, I’ll be using the term ‘cartoons’ here, but when I do I’ll be referring to animated content released commercially for children and early teenagers in English-speaking countries.
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The Rise And Fall of Queer Cartoons

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By Gareth Watkins
| Flipboard
1 hour ago For many of us, childhood included at least one moment when we felt an undeniable connection to an animal we had just met. It was the kind of feeling marked by certainty, urgency, and the belief that it wasn’t just a phase. Those moments were often met with resistance from adults, but the emotion …
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