Re: ai in libraries

From: Eric Phetteplace <phette23_at_nyob>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 20:38:26 -0800
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTS.CLIR.ORG
>  4. Metadata is not necessary.

Could you unpack this? I think I know what it means but I'm not sure.
Thanks for the concise report.

Best,
Eric


On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 1:53 PM Eric Lease Morgan <emorgan_at_nd.edu> wrote:

> Last week I attended an artificial intelligence (AI) in libraries
> conference, and I've written the briefest of travelogues. [1] Some of my
> take-aways include:
>
>   1. Machine learning is simply the latest incarnation of AI, and
>      machine learning algorithms are only as unbiased as the data used
>      to create them. Be forewarned.
>
>   2. We can do this. We have the technology.
>
>   3. There is too much content to process, and AI in libraries can
>      used to do some of the more mechanical tasks. The creation and
>      maintenance of metadata is a good example. But again, be
>      forewarned. We were told this same thing with the advent of word
>      processors, and in the end, we didn’t go home early because we
>      got our work done. Instead we output more letters.
>
>   4. Metadata is not necessary. Well, that was sort of a debate,
>      and (more or less) deemed untrue.
>
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>
> [1] travelogue - https://sites.nd.edu/emorgan/2018/12/fantastic-futures/
>
> [2] ai4lib – https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ai4lib
>
> --
> Eric Lease Morgan
> University of Notre Dame
>
Received on Mon Dec 10 2018 - 23:41:28 EST