Your Name and Title: Mike McQueen, Librarian, & Author of the forthcoming book THE AI TOOLKIT FOR LIBRARIANS
Library, School, or Organization Name: Missouri School for the Blind
Area of the World from Which You Will Present: St. Louis, MO
Language in Which You Will Present: English
Target Audience(s): All Librarians
Short Session Description (one line): AI agents have arrived - are you ready?
Full Session Description (as long as you would like):
AI agents are autonomous systems that can perform tasks on behalf of users or systems by perceiving their environment, making decisions, and completing actions. In this session, I'll give a live demo of OpenAI's $200 /month agentic tool, Operator, which can control a computer by clicking, typing, and scrolling - just as a human would.
I'll showcase the latest advancements in other AI agents, address how agents threaten to disrupt the entire future of work, and we'll discuss the vital role that librarians can play, both now and in the future.
If you aren't familiar with AI agents, be prepared for an eye-opening experience.
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