Category: AI
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Generative AI courses for your mom
I know it's cliché, but I AM actually trying to help my mom understand Generative AI a little more (hi, mom!). I just completed this free course, and recommend it as a gentle introduction to generative AI: Destination AI: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. It will require an investment of time, though maybe not quite the…
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Launching ChatGPT Voice Chat on an iPhone 12 with back-tap
In today's issue of Ethan Mollick's One Useful Thing, I learned that the iPhone 15 has a unique button I hadn't paid any attention to – the action button. He mentioned how the action button can be used to launch a voice chat with ChatGPT, and I found instructions at TechCrunch. But I only have…
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Competencies for Generative AI in Libraries
I recently had the pleasure of speaking at the online conference, AI and Libraries: Applications, Implications, and Possibilities. It was a quick talk, but mine was initially titled, A Framework for AI Literacy in Libraries. In the middle of the talk I changed the title to the more accurate, Competencies for Generative AI in Libraries…
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Qualitative Data in the News
It seems a rarity, but I have two really interesting sites open in my browser talking about qualitative data in the relatively current environment. The first, Pandemic Journaling Project Archive Opens for Research, is notable because it fills a big gap. As the article notes, “There are several large quantitative surveys in the social sciences…
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2023 Access Conference Recordings
There's not (yet?) a link to each recording in the original schedule, but the recordings from the 2023 Access Library Conference, held in Halifax on October 23-25, 2023, are now live on YouTube. Definitely some good stuff worth checking out!
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llamafile is the new best way to run a LLM on your own computer
I lifted the title directly from Simon Willison’s post: llamafile is the new best way to run a LLM on your own computer, even though I don’t have the expertise to know if it’s the BEST way. I can tell you it’s a damn easy way, even on Windows! Simon’s explanation works on a mac,…
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AI Linkdump
I just came out of a webinar that generated a slew of good-looking links, and was off on Friday, so have a handful of newsletters, also with tasty-looking links. The rest of the day is full, and I fear I may not get to these for some time, so here, maybe you have time: In…
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Trying Trinka for automatic citation checking
Last week some colleagues and I were discussing the use of AI in library services, and someone wondered if there was a tool that would automatically and correctly check a list of citations to see if any were, in fact, hallucinations. I'm pretty sure the more robust bibliographic management tools can tell you whether your…
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ChatGPTLibrarian is still finding his (its?) voice
One of my alerts just tripped over a new blog called ChatGPTLibrarian. The site was launched in March 2023 by librarian Victor Santiago, and I think he's still trying to decide if he's going to write as him, or as an AI-assisted author. The header of each page reads, Welcome to ChatGPTLibrarian, a blog dedicated…