Some observations on generative text artificial intelligence’s impact on libraries Part 1

Some observations on generative text artificial intelligence’s impact on libraries Part 1

Keywords:Artificial Intelligence, Text Generation, Library, Large Language Models (LLM)
Abstract:Some observations on generative text artificial intelligences impact on libraries Part 1 Thiscolumnexaminesthecurrent stateofgenerativeartificialintelligenceAIemphasizingtheimportanceof generativeAIbuiltonlargelanguage modelsLLMThisisafoundational emergingtechnologywhichhasthe potentialtoimpactabroadrangeofother technologiesThisisthefirstinatwo-part seriesthattogetherwillprovidea frameworktohelpinformation professionalsunderstandthetechnology andanticipatefuturedevelopmentsThis frameworkincludesthefollowing observationsfutureapplicationsare unpredictableinterdependentandwill requireflexibilityAIsabilitytocreate thefeelingofintelligencecombinedwith thepoweroflanguagearekeyto understandingitsfuturethetechnologyis notneutralithasbiasesandsignificant limitationsitswidespreadadoptionwill comewithtradeoffsthatmatterand finallyIarguethatlibrariesshould developapositivevisionforhowtouseitThiscolumnwillexamineprevious columntopicsthroughthelensof generativetextAItoillustratethescope ofgenerativetext-basedAIspotential impactThiswilllaythefoundationfor thenextcolumnwhichwilltradebreadth fordepthandfocusonthenuancesof searchRetrieval and IndexingandConsulting ServiceandConsulting ServiceThis article focuses on generating artificial intelligenceespecially the generating AI based on a large language modelLLMThis technology has the ability to create a language modelwhich is part of the natural language processingNLPThe article emphasizes how AI uses language to createwisdomwhich is also related to research in the NLP field