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Lightning Talk
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With the early 2023 public release of ChatGPT, natural language models and generative artificial intelligence (AI) have been making waves across numerous industries and academic communities. Many are speculating on the impact it will have in the education industry, including libraries. Librarians may already be dealing with patrons whose inquiries are a result of information generated by AI, and some may be adopting the tool themselves to augment various work processes. This talk will briefly cover takeaways of an ongoing research project at the University of Notre Dame’s Thomas Mahaffey Jr. Business Library assessing the capabilities of ChatGPT when applied to research assistance questions in the Business subject areas. This talk will focus on some of the basic takeaways of the project which involved asking ChatGPT a sample of real research assistance questions asked at the business library between the years 2018 and 2022. On the whole, how well does ChatGPT fulfill the role of conducting business specific research assistance, and are there any ways that generative AI could ethically or efficiently be applied to Business Librarianship?
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ChatGPT: The New Business Librarian?
With the early 2023 public release of ChatGPT, natural language models and generative artificial intelligence (AI) have been making waves across numerous industries and academic communities. Many are speculating on the impact it will have in the education industry, including libraries. Librarians may already be dealing with patrons whose inquiries are a result of information generated by AI, and some may be adopting the tool themselves to augment various work processes. This talk will briefly cover takeaways of an ongoing research project at the University of Notre Dame’s Thomas Mahaffey Jr. Business Library assessing the capabilities of ChatGPT when applied to research assistance questions in the Business subject areas. This talk will focus on some of the basic takeaways of the project which involved asking ChatGPT a sample of real research assistance questions asked at the business library between the years 2018 and 2022. On the whole, how well does ChatGPT fulfill the role of conducting business specific research assistance, and are there any ways that generative AI could ethically or efficiently be applied to Business Librarianship?