Your Name and Title:
Adam Berkowitz, PhD Student
Library, School, or Organization Name:
The University of Alabama, College of Communication & Information Sciences, School of Library & Information Studies
Co-Presenter Name(s):
N/A
Area of the World from which You will Present:
Alabama
Language in which You will Present:
English
Target Audience(s):
Librarians, Teachers, and Administrators
Short Session Description (one line):
A discussion about the value of transparency when using generative AI (genAI) to create content and when interacting with genAI materials.
Full Session Description (as long as you would like):
GenAI presents new problems that potentially hide the truth regarding the authorship and provenance of creative works. Administrators in many areas of the public and private sectors are struggling with ways to address genAI use, ranging from banning to ignoring to promoting AI use. This session will discuss what actions individuals can take in order to ensure appropriate transparency in the creation of genAI content.
Attendees will first be introduced to active policies authored by US institutions that address the need for transparency. These policies include the US Copyright Office's "Copyright Registration Guidance: Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence," the Program for Cooperative Cataloging's "PCC FAQ: Cataloging of Resources Generated Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) Software," and the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation's "AI Labeling Act of 2023." Discussion will then turn to how the attendees foresee their interactions with genAI in the future.
GenAI has the ability to create realistic and persuasive text, images, and audio, and genAI video quality is rapidly improving. Materials made with genAI are already finding their way into libraries, which necessitates critical discussion regarding transparency. By relying on ethical frameworks commonly leveraged in librarianship (i.e., utilitarianism and deontology), this session will explain why it is important for information to be made available to patrons about the use of genAI in creating materials with which they may interact. New best practices that prioritize transparency will be introduced for cataloging genAI materials.
Conversation will lead to how attendees use genAI to aid in their productivity at work. How popular are genAI programs like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude? For what tasks are they being used? How can attendees tell when a decision to use genAI for a task has crossed the line separating benign from problematic outcomes? Is absolute transparency regarding genAI use necessary, and if not, what are the implications for hiding the truth? After considering these questions, attendees will be introduced to criteria developed from critical tech theory literature (i.e., Heidegger, Ellul, Marcuse, and Feenberg) that advises on appropriate uses for genAI.
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