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> 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 <[log in to unmask]> 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. > > If you want to participate in AI for libraries-like discussions, then > consider subscribing to ai4lib. > > [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 >