[Libs-Or] AI Article: Why you shouldn’t trust AI search engines

[Younglove, April]

Amazing reading. I've been playing with the ChatGPT and it's exciting but also very scary. It generates realistic citations and insists that they are real and that you are wrong if you say they don't exist when pressed. I have a professor friend that teaches French and said that she got some extremely good  (and plagiarized) papers from beginner students this week and that the French is far superior to anything Google Translate can do.

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Hi Matthew,

You asked what the new AI developments could mean for students. The K-12 education and school library worlds have been buzzing about this ever since ChatGPT was announced. Staff from Tigard-Tualatin School District collected thoughts and articles in a Google document called Educational Impacts & Benefits of AI<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BADqLo3_FXtL5DnErbQ0-9C_uY8kIfeRrEN7DrnDD2g/edit?usp=sharing>, which they made public to anyone with the link. Those interested in the topic may find it helpful.

Thanks,
Jen

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Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 10:31 AM
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Subject: [Libs-Or] AI Article: Why you shouldn’t trust AI search engines


AI seems to be everywhere all of the sudden...students writing papers, medical professionals diagnosing patients, job applicants writing cover letters, and people using it for authoritative searching.

This took me all by surprise, so I was recommended a great article by Melissa Heikkilä as a bit of a primer: https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/14/1068498/why-you-shouldnt-trust-ai-search-engines/<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.technologyreview.com%2f2023%2f02%2f14%2f1068498%2fwhy-you-shouldnt-trust-ai-search-engines%2f&c=E,1,jM7ieHqPwur_MPieBYqXnGg2DpmBCatu1M-uaSKnLcKe8BVg97OaiQA8X-TMfQnCREljpFNUm0sIPCjSpoCnJW89Gp4cvvKBlLFuXXjhT8vVEK0YnKfK&typo=1>

The bad news? "AI language models are notorious bullshitters, often presenting falsehoods as facts. They are excellent at predicting the next word in a sentence, but they have no knowledge of what the sentence actually means. That makes it incredibly dangerous to combine them with search, where it’s crucial to get the facts straight."

Anyone out there familiar with AI and what it might mean for patrons, students, and library staff?

Happy Wednesday, all!



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