Hosted by the Editorial Design & Production Committee
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 second session will look at some practical AI-driven tools that can be used today by staff at university presses.
* This first session explored what AI is, its current capabilities, and its ethical implications. You can watch the recording here.
These sessions will be interactive; no technical experience is required. Bring your questions and your curiosity.
Panelists:
Jose Esquilin, Visual Information Specialist for the Marine Corps University Press; Stephen Downes, Digital Technologies Research Centre at the National Research Council of Canada; Samara Rafert, Publicist and Marketing Manager at the Ohio State University Press
Moderator:
James Ayers, University of New Mexico Press