Not Quite 'Ask a Librarian': AI on the Nature, Value, and Future of LIS

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This is an author preprint. Please refer to the final published version: Dinneen, J. D., Bubinger, H. (2021). Not Quite ?Ask a Librarian?: AI on the nature, value, and future of LIS. In ASIS&T ?21: Proceedings of the 84th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology, 58. ASIS&T Annual Meeting 2021 1 Papers Not Quite ?Ask a Librarian? : AI on the Nature, Value, and Future of LIS Jesse David Dinneen Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin, Germany [email removed]Helen Bubinger Humboldt-Universi?t zu Berlin, Germany [email removed] ABSTRACT AI language models trained on Web data generate prose that reflects human knowledge and public sentiments, but can also contain novel insights and predictions. We asked the world?s best language model, GPT-3, fifteen difficult questions about the nature, value, and future of library and information science (LIS), topics that receive perennial attention from LIS scholars. We present highlights from its ...

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• [1] https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.05383