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The AI transcribed 70,000 old document images for me in two days

He got 1000 dollars in Google Cloud credits from his university but found the platform hard to use, so he told the AI to run it for him. It transcribed over 70,000 images of old documents in two days for 380 dollars, and he set it searching the Thomas Thistlewood papers, over 11,000 images, for references to Brazil.

How it works

  1. Tells the AI to use Google Cloud Platform for him and logs in
  2. The AI runs the handwriting transcription on his document images
  3. Over 70,000 images are transcribed in two days for 380 dollars
  4. He sets the agent to search the Thistlewood papers for references to Brazil

Why it’s worth knowing

He never had to learn the cloud platform at all. The AI ran the whole job and turned 70,000 pictures of old handwriting into searchable text in two days.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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