AI
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Libraries as spaces for digital creativity
When Sam Altman designed OpenAI’s workspace, he modeled it after his favorite Parisian bookstore and Stanford’s library. This raises fascinating questions: Are physical libraries still essential for digital creativity? Do traditional spaces inspire breakthrough innovation?
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AI meets library: Building an RVK classification tool
As a librarian interested in AI integration, I developed an open-source tool that uses artificial intelligence to assist with RVK classification. The project reveals both the potential and limitations of AI in handling complex hierarchical library systems. Complete source code available.
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Two WordPress plugins (AI-assisted)
Experimenting with AI coding assistants to add proper Creative Commons metadata to my photolog. Two plugins for metadata and identity management emerged, revealing the potential and limitations of AI-assisted development for non-programmers.
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AI fiction
At this year’s German Library Congress in Bremen, several of my colleagues gave readings from books they had written. Unfortunately, I am not a writer. However, I did experiment with using AI to ‘write’ a short story in the style of Edgar Allan Poe with a library theme.
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On M. Heßler, Sisyphos im Maschinenraum
Quote from Martina Heßler’s ‘Sisyphos im Maschinenraum’ about endless technological striving. Jean Grenier’s insight shows how progress becomes perpetual labour.
