Moscow & Expulsions: Another Look

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A date which will live in infamy. >> Both of those [music] projects, initiatives got off the ground because of the girl river. >> politic team members slain in [music] West Germany >> Out of the 24 who were killed, were Americans who had come to learn in the That's s o f e r.ai. This isn't just another AI tool. It's I and then I'm speaking off script now just from personal experience. It's it's almost magical. It's it's it's even almost divine in a way. I can't I can't express more enthusiasm for something. And I'm saying this personally again, Jewish History Soundbites is in the middle of a I hope far-reaching project with sofer.ai. So far it's been going very well. Um we're transcribing the entire audio archive of the podcast, and that's just the first step. I want to explain what the essence of the magic that is sofer.ai. There's obviously AI is the biggest, hottest topic in the world and there's probably um fewer people less competent to talk about AI [laughter] than me. Uh there's many AI tools that exist for every conceivable thing in the entire world. And specifically for what we're talking about also, there's numerous uh uh AI tools for audio and PDFs and text and a multitude of additional uses too numerous to mention. When it comes to Torah talks, Shiurim, texts, audio recordings, or anything written officially in English, then we run into a challenge. The English that is used in Torah Shiurim is interspersed with Torah terms, rabbinical terms, halachic terms, citations from Sukkim or Gemara, words in Yiddish, Yeshivish terms, etc. etc. There's plenty of you know, uh curveballs in there. And the regular AI tools currently on the market are insufficient to deal with this issue. So now enter Sofer AI. And this company basically built an AI tool specifically

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1. 0:05A date which will live in infamy. >> Both of those [music] projects, initiatives got off…
2. 5:16speed. They I you know, I did some samples and just came out really quickly and…
3. 10:21exceptions and not really expulsions and not formal expulsions and not official expulsions. And and therefore…
4. 14:59historically. I I think my understanding was that the old city was under siege. There was…
5. 19:35loaded question that anything I say is going to get people angry. So, I'd rather not…
6. 24:18like I said last week, I think the closest you can call it to an expulsion…
7. 28:52wonder what the listeners of Jewish History Zone by us think about that. But either way,…
8. 33:27was a fellow by the name of Zelik Peretz. Who's a fascinating figure and and his…
9. 38:03"What's a couple of kopecks between the Rashab and the Chofetz Chaim? You think the Rebbi…
10. 43:14overlook ideological inconveniences. So, he was able to stay close with the Rashab. Getting back to…

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