tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post4924886858583876465..comments2024-03-28T13:20:29.156-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: When I'm 94Ron Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-84978499600659251792021-03-09T13:42:59.767-08:002021-03-09T13:42:59.767-08:00There is a huge amount of debate and back and fort...There is a huge amount of debate and back and forth over digitizing medical records, which covers a lot of the same issues as brewing records, I'm sure. You're right that it's awfully complicated, more than a lot of people thought at first. <br /><br />I think the biggest help is in the grunt work of first transcription and additional ordering, but there is always going to be a need for human eyes. I think one thing that AI will be good for is simply flagging things which a human could take a look at once the machine is done. And they're getting better at making suggestions and recognizing deeper patterns, even when they sometimes make some ridiculous ones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-26783688707481335972021-03-09T12:21:50.965-08:002021-03-09T12:21:50.965-08:00I am fairly sure that a large number of the tiny b...I am fairly sure that a large number of the tiny breweries now dotted around the UK will live and die without any trace of their existence being archived anywhere, except possibly their payments to HMRC. For many there is nothing actually unique about their beer, but nonetheless they could be of statistical interest at least. <br /><br />At the Scottish Brewing Archive some of the first generation of microbreweries in the 1980s have left no records whatsoever. Rob Sterowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-16319267680700325442021-03-08T10:24:24.244-08:002021-03-08T10:24:24.244-08:00Unknown,
I'm not sure electronic systems nece...Unknown,<br /><br />I'm not sure electronic systems necessarily improve record keeping. Made them more vulnerable, in many ways. A hefty brewing ledger is much harder to misplace than a floppy disk or memory stick.<br /><br />As for electronically digitising written brewing logs, we're quite a way from that. It's a complex task, not just reading the handwriting, but working out what it really means. With a shitload of guesswork and interpretation. Very specialised, too. I'm sure it could happen, eventually. Just not soon enough to be of any help to me.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-23548020187447304952021-03-08T08:07:21.202-08:002021-03-08T08:07:21.202-08:00I have to assume at some point brewers switched ov...I have to assume at some point brewers switched over to spreadsheets or databases, and I'm curious how this might have improved record keeping, as well as if the built in constraints meant important errata has been lost.<br /><br />At some point ought to be feasible to do a lot of the grunt work of digitizing old records with a lot less human intervention. AI is getting capable of taking hand written tables and deciphering and formatting them, and getting a lot better based on context at figuring out what abbreviations mean. I can't imagine it would happen without a lot of hand holding, to be sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-8613651804758049662021-03-08T01:47:48.258-08:002021-03-08T01:47:48.258-08:00would love a book 1971-1980 my erawould love a book 1971-1980 my eraDennis Kingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-77793279752765573532021-03-08T00:59:43.607-08:002021-03-08T00:59:43.607-08:00Looking forward to Free!Looking forward to Free!Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.com