AI – IS&T Lab

Simmons University School of Library and Information Science

AI@SLIS

AI Ethics Workshop – 3 Part Web Series (COMPLETED)

Beyond the Hype and Fear: Conversations on AI Ethics and LIS

FIRST SESSION APRIL 9TH FROM 7PM – 8PM

Join us on April 9th for our first session of the series, facilitated by our SLIS Dean Sanda Erdelez and Assistant Professor Don Simmons! For our first workshop, we’ll focus on Bias, Emotional Connection, and Truth.

Please prepare for the seminar by reviewing pages 9-33 of the open-source book, Teaching AI Ethics by Leon Furze.

We will be focusing on the following:

What AI Gets Wrong:

How bias enters AI (data, labeling, design choices)
AI can’t produce truth – it predicts text
Deepfakes and misinformation
Hallucinations and fake citations

LIS Connections:

AI bias in library catalogs and search systems
Reference services when patrons bring AI-generated info
Teaching information literacy in AI-saturated environment
Collection development with AI-generated content

All Sessions will be recorded for asynchronous learning! All Sessions were recorded for asynchronous learning! Please see the videos below for the recordings to the past sessions!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQBaq1GixjA

SECOND SESSION APRIL 16TH FROM 7PM – 8PM

Join us on April 16th for our second session of the series, facilitated by our SLIS Dean Sanda Erdelez and Professor Naresh Agarwal! For our second workshop, we’ll focus on Copyright, Privacy & Data.

Please prepare for the seminar by reviewing pages 34 – 51 of the open-source book, Teaching AI Ethics by Leon Furze.

We will be focusing on the following:

What AI Takes:

Taking Without Permission:
- Training data and consent
- Copyright landscape and creator’s dilemma
- Privacy illusions and data sharing

LIS Connections:

Collection development and AI-generated content
Authors’ rights and library advocacy
Patron privacy and library values
Information literacy about AI companions

All Sessions will be recorded for asynchronous learning! Please see the videos below for the recordings to the past sessions!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd9Hl0_NVcU

THIRD SESSION APRIL 23RD FROM 7:30PM – 8:30PM

Join us on April 23rd for our third and last session of the series, facilitated by our SLIS Dean Sanda Erdelez and Professor Mei Zhang! For our third workshop we’ll focus on Human Labor, Power, & Environment.

Please prepare for the seminar by reviewing pages 20-26, 61-67, and 70-75 of the open-source book, Teaching AI Ethics by Leon Furze.

We will be focusing on the following:

What AI Takes:

Energy consumption and carbon footprint
Water usage and environmental impact
Scale of data collection
From learning to surveillance

Who Benefits, Who Pays:

Hidden workforce (content moderators, data labelers)
Exploitation in AI supply chains
Corporate consolidation and power
Who writes the policies?

LIS Connections:

Institutional decisions about AI adoption
Privacy policies and patron data in AI systems
Digital preservation and storage footprint
Teaching digital sustainability
Library workers and AI displacement
Vendor accountability
Power dynamics in institutional AI adoption
Libraries as sites of resistance

All Sessions will be recorded for asynchronous learning! Please see the videos below for the recordings to the past sessions!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g3-mHxF4X4

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