Hi Heather,
Thanks for taking the time articulate your concerns, and in a very clear
and constructive way.
We agree that there can be a dark side to AI, and therefor in response to
your feedback we will be ending development of some planned features, such
as giving the Explanation Engine control
Agreed - one has to start somewhere, and research on using AI to advance
knowledge makes a lot of sense. Self-driving cars is a good analogy. Start with
research on how-to and the issues that arise (like getting machines to make
decisions about who to kill), then you do a lot of testing before
Yes, but you have to start somewhere!
There is a quote out there (whether accurate or not) that if Henry Ford had
asked his customers what they wanted, they would have asked for a faster
horse. Who would ever have thought of a self-driving car, or even a flying
car
well, many, actually and
Thanks for the feedback, y'all!
It's so awesome that folks in scholcomm are beginning to ask questions
about who new services are coming from, the values behind those services,
and how we can make sure those values are persistent.
Let me take a stab at answering those questions for our new
On July 10 Jason Priem wrote about the AI-powered systems "that help explain
and contextualize articles, providing concept maps, automated plain-language
translations"... that are part of his project's plan to develop a scholarly
search engine aimed at a nonspecialist audience. The full post is
Dear all,
In the third of a series of 'spotlight' interviews highlighting the
important contributions of the OASPA Board, we talked to Lars Bjørnshauge,
Managing Director of the DOAJ, about his role at OASPA, the DOAJ, and the
changing nature of open access publishing. The interview is now up on
