An AI Exploration!
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the new hot topic that educators and information professionals alike cannot stop talking about. And for good reason. There are major implications for both careers and for the students and patrons that we interact with daily. A couple years ago there were opinions about why AI was bad and shouldn’t be used but much of what we find helpful and useful on the internet today uses some form of AI. Many of those voices feared that students would use AI such as ChatGPT to cheat on their homework. My mother is an adjunct photograph y professor at a local community college, and she had a student turn in a paper about an art exhibit at a museum that never actually exist ed , for instance. From my perspective as a graduate student, currently using AI to correct my typing errors, the conversation has shifted. Now the conversation is more about how AI should be used and not if . I personally do not go out of my way to use AI applications, mostly because of ...