The Global Forum on the ethics of AI took place recently in Kranj. Reading through the literature I was interested in the UNESCO recommendation on core values, particularly one on transparency: "The ethical deployment of AI systems depends on their transparency & explainability (T&E)." This relates to my "3 Laws" article last year. https://paulhcleverley.com/2023/10/26/the-three-laws-of-data-management/ I... Continue Reading →

Some excellent open access papers published this week in the Geoscience Data Journal special issue. The preface states, "Studying a changing world requires observations going back in time to extend and contextualize our latest scientific knowledge. Old legacy data exist in non-digital formats. Thus, techniques and methodologies for the preservation, dissemination, interpretation, homogenization, calibration, and... Continue Reading →

An Open Platform for Geochemical Data Preservation, Dissemination and Synthesis. I came accoss this open data platform recently. A group of Australian university research laboratories (AuScope Geochemistry Network) built a collaborative platform to collate, preserve and disseminate geochronology and isotopic data. https://ausgeochem.auscope. Boone, S.C., Dalton, H., Prent, A., Kohlmann, F., Theile, M., Gréau, Y., Florin,... Continue Reading →

Interesting paper published by Jones et al (2024) on applying Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and NLP to hand written archives. Some descriptions date to the 18th century with over 2 Billion records in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), including habitat information related to geographical location, land cover, hydrological, soil and bedrock. "Habitat data can... Continue Reading →

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) has recently released guidelines for the use of AI-based tools in the publication process. This is to help ensure the ethical use of AI tools in the rapidly evolving landscape of scholarly communication. https://www.egu.eu/news/1031/statement-on-the-use-of-ai-based-tools-for-the-presentation-and-publication-of-research-results-in-earth-planetary-and-space-science/ The American Geophysical Union (AGU) published their guidelines for ethical use of AI last year: https://news.agu.org/press-release/agu-publishes-guidelines-for-the-ethical-use-of-ai-in-the-earth-and-space-sciences/ Rivas... Continue Reading →

I met the Prime Minister today at No 10. Interesting to discuss various topics with those present. I discussed the importance of geoscience, the subsurface, artificial intelligence and data management.

Digital Energy Journal have published a write up of my November 2023 talk at the Society of Professional Data Managers (SPDM).https://www.societypdm.org DEJ site here: https://www.digitalenergyjournal.com/home/ Thanks to KADME, Ikon Science, Mindat and GeoScienceWorld for permission to use material in the presentation.

Photo credit: Image by Mikhail Nilov from Pexels (Pexels licence) I came across an interesting blog from the European Geosciences Union (EGU) by Paulo Hader. Link to blog here: https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/nh/2024/02/05/new-era-of-ai-how-can-foundation-models-help-disaster-risk-reduction/ Paulo suggests how Foundation Large Language models (LLM) can be incorporated into approaches for disaster risk reduction. "While traditional machine learning models are limited in... Continue Reading →

It's nice to step away from the computer and do some fossil preparation! I'm using compressed air which is funneled through a 'pen' removing the rock matrix to reveal the fossil. In this case an ammonite (bottom right) from the Jurassic, collected at Charmouth beach in Dorset, England.  It looks like a few pieces of... Continue Reading →

When Geoscience Meets Generative AI and Large Language Models: Foundations, Trends, and Future Challenges. I found this recent paper by Hadid et al (2024) helped spark a few ideas for me on how we may apply large Language Models (LLM) to real world problems which include geological information and related disciplines. Explainability and trustworthiness of... Continue Reading →