Micronesian cultures
Micronesia is the least documented Pacific region online, and the one where general-purpose AI errs most. This assistant is especially careful there: it consults archives and museums, and prefers to say it has no source rather than fill the gap.
Languages and peoples
The institutions consulted
- Communauté du Pacifique (CPS)spc.int
- Forum des îles du Pacifiqueforumsec.org
- Smithsonian Institutionsi.edu
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museumbishopmuseum.org
- PARADISECparadisec.org.au
- Glottologglottolog.org
- Endangered Languages Archiveelararchive.org
Questions to start with
- How do Marshallese use stick charts to navigate?
- Describe the Yapese stone money system
- How are Kiribati fish traps built?
- What corals are used in traditional Palauan building?
- How is pandanus harvested and prepared in the Marshalls?
What the assistant will not do
It will not invent a word in a Pacific language, and it will not present one people’s practice as another’s. When it has no source, it says so. Every word in language it writes is checked after the answer, and the reader is shown any that appear nowhere.