Episode 28 (Dec 2023) More AI: “I’m Afraid I CAN do that, Dave”

Beth Patin, Dave Lankes & Mike Eisenberg

Description

Dave’s gone down the AI rabbit hole and, in this episode, we’re following him. Besides using AI for creating graphics, Dave’s is using an AI app called Poe to create “answer bots” – AI chats based on one’s own content. This differs from ChatGPT and others which are based on large language models of massive amounts of general content from the web. With Poe, Dave used transcripts of this podcast (Libraries Lead) to develop the Lib_Leader bot – https://poe.com/Lib_Leader. In this episode we take Lib_Leader for a test drive, look under the hood, and consider the short- and long-term implications of this and other customizable AI tools. Riffing off of the intelligent computer HAL 9000 quote from the film 2001 – A Space Odyssey (“I afraid I can do that, Dave”), what are the implications of computer that might be able to do just about everything, that is, “I’m Afraid I CAN do that, Dave.”

This episode includes:

• Wazzup?
• Main Topic
• Awesome Library Thingy

References & Resources

Wazzup?

Minsker, Evan (De 3, 2023). “Beyoncé’s Renaissance Movie Tops U.S. Box Office in Its Opening Weekend,” Pitchfork https://pitchfork.com/news/beyonces-renaissance-movie-tops-us-box-office-in-its-opening-weekend/

Rubin, Rebecca (Nov 27, 2023). “Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras Tour’ Surpasses $250 Million at Global Box Office,” Variety. https://variety.com/2023/film/box-office/taylor-swift-eras-tour-surpasses-250-million-global-box-office-1235810348/

Qureshi, Bilal (Aug 14, 2023). “How three female artists lead this summer’s billion-dollar pop culture revival,” All Things Considered, NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/08/11/1193283472/barbie-taylor-swift-beyonce

Vorel, Mike (Dec 3, 2023). “UW Huskies earn No. 2 seed, Sugar Bowl rematch with No. 3 Texas in College Football Playoff,” Seattle Times, https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-football/uw-huskies-earn-no-2-seed-sugar-bowl-rematch-with-no-3-texas-in-college-football-playoff/

2001: A Space Odyssey (Accessed Dec 26, 2023), Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey

Texas Library Association (2023). “Tall Texans” https://txla.org/professional-development/tall-texans/

Library Journal (Nov 2023) “LJ Directors’ Summit”  https://www.libraryjournal.com/event/lj-directors-summit-2023

Main Topic: More AI

Poe (2023) AI Chat. Poe.com https://poe.com

Lankes, David. (Dec 2023) “Virtual Virtual Dave,”  https://poe.com/Virtual_Virtual_Dave

Lankes, David (Dec 2023) “Lib_Leader” https://poe.com/Lib_Leader

Lila (Oct 2023) “7 AI Tools in Premiere Pro you NEED TO KNOW about!” Using Text-based video editing. YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfdmgyM72Hs&t=223s

Anonymous Author (June 21, 2023). “If you use ChatGPT, you must acknowledge it: Publishing with ethics, Chat GPT, Opinion. https://predatory-publishing.com/if-you-use-chatgpt-you-must-acknowledge-it/

Awesome Library Thingy

Soule, Douglas (Dec 4, 2023) “‘That’s authoritarianism’: Florida argues school libraries are for government messaging.” USA TODAY NETWORK Tallahassee Democrat.  https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2023/12/04/florida-says-school-libraries-have-right-to-remove-lgbtq-books/71742277007/

EveryLibrary (2023). EveryLibrary https://www.everylibrary.org/election_night_2023_library_wrap_up

Austin Public Library (2023) “Austin Public Library Craft Night,” https://library.austintexas.gov/event/making-cr

Filed under: Dr. Beth Patin, Dr. Dave Lankes, Dr. Mike Eisenberg, Season 3