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When chatGPT burst onto the scene in November 2022, it seemed like the future was here. Machines that write text and generate art. Computers that conduct peer review. Algorithms that control marketing. Artificial intelligence (AI) seemed poised to revolutionize the publishing industry. It also raised a number of practical and ethical questions for university presses. Should an AI be listed as an author? Can copyrighted text be used to train AI? What bias might an AI bring to the review process? Before we can answer these and similar questions, we need to be clear on what exactly we are talking about. In this two-part virtual workshop, we will provide a crash course in artificial intelligence. This first session of two in this series will explore what AI is, its current capabilities, and its ethical implications.
* The second session will look at some practical AI-driven tools that can be used today by staff at university presses. Part 2 will be held on February 25th at 1pm ET, registration to be announced soon.
These sessions will be interactive; no technical experience is required. Bring your questions and your curiosity.
Panelists: Leo Lo, dean of the College of University Libraries & Learning Sciences at the University of New Mexico; James F. McGrath, chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Butler University; Jeffrey Riman, Assistant Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Moderator: Nicole L. Tilford, SBL Press