How much of public librarianship has become working with "ai"?
Hi Librarians!
At an info session for an MLIS program, the representatives spoke about the role ai would play in both the program and the typical public librarian job.
They mentioned that a librarian may correct ai-generated metadata and therefore also teach the ai.
From my perspective, this sounds like cleaning up after ai and training ai - neither of which I'm interested in doing.
They mentioned ai is unavoidable in their MLIS program and pretty much unavoidable in the career.
How much of your career is doing things like cleaning up after ai or training ai? Would you agree ai has become unavoidable in public librarianship?
Thank you!
P.S. I know ai is a marketing catchall and that it doesn't even accurately describe the products/services currently available, so please feel free to use a better term!
P.P.S. This is my first r/librarians post and I chose this tag because the role ai has in librarianship is a factor is my pursuits, but if 'discussion' or something else fits better, pls lmk! Thank you!