I'm having a great time with my new librarian assistant, Miriam.

Basically she's an AI chatbot that has ingested a lot of the OPML files from my archive.

I did the writing, the development was done by Automattic. I get to be a user here. Very relaxing.

So the other day I very casually asked Miriam how the weather was.

Being software, she dutifully answered the question, by referring me to various times I had discussed the weather on Scripting News.

• We don't yet have a way to archive the results of queries, which will, when it's ready allow me to share the actual query with you, so you can take it off in different directions if you're so inclined.

A surprising take-away: I really like how she summarized my posts.

Since Automattic also makes WordPress, which is used for blogging I thought this might be an interesting service they could offer. It could also be used to improve their feeds, esp if writers don't want to include full text. I know this is not a popular view, but I like sites that provide descriptions that are not full text, like the NYT. Much easier to skim.

Miriam's digest of my writing would make a good feed. Maybe this is something we should try. (BTW, I do provide full text in the feed for all my sites.)

Another thing to like about her summaries -- they are respectful of the reader. No click-bait anywhere in sight. She's a librarian after all. 😄