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Ok. I am maybe kind of losing my mind just a little bit.
A few days ago, I mentioned in a post that the IA only cares about information being digitized, not about actual digital access. And I mentioned that access includes patrons being able to actually find what they are looking for, and suggested IA did not prioritize that critical aspect of access. But I didn't really go into any more detail.
So someone over on bluesky linked to this write-up of a talk Brewster Kahle gave about using so-called AI. And one of his reported statements made my mouth drop open in shock.
...and then I read further in the article and realized it was incorrectly reporting basic facts around Hachette, so I had to go and listen to the whole speech myself.* (And I want to say, briefly - he raises some legitimate potential uses for LLMs! He's kind of a dick about some of it ("it's up to us to go and keep [Balinese] culture alive"), but some of the things he's talking about actually seem useful.)
*Incidentally, while Kahle doesn't lie about the ALA brief in the speech, he absolutely misleads about the nature and facts of the case and deliberately omit the part of the story where the IA decided to suspend the one-to-one owned-to-loan ratio thing, despite repeatedly emphasizing that one-to-one was what the IA was doing with their lending program.
And oh my god. He really said what the article reports. (This portion starts around 20:10.)
He says that the IA has scanned over 18,000 periodicals. And that they used to have professional librarians manually create descriptions of the periodicals in order to catalog them. (Sidenote: there are existing directories, but he describes their licensing terms as "ridiculous." This is not a field I know much about, but I spoke to one person who agreed, though for different reasons. His reason is that you can only license, not purchase, the directory descriptions. The person I spoke to was instead focused on the prices demanded for the licenses. Regardless, the idea of creating an open, free directory seems both like an incredible amount of work and an amazing resource...if it was accurate.)
But according to Kahle, it took 45 minutes to an hour to create a description and catalog each periodical.
And so now, instead, they're using AI to make the descriptions and so it only takes 7-10 minutes!
"And yes it hallucinates, and it has some problems, and whatever â but itâs a lot faster than having to write it yourself!"
Oh. My god.
Just.
YOU ARE KNOWINGLY INTRODUCING AI HALLUCINATIONS INTO YOUR CATALOG?!
(And yes, he says that they are "confirmed by a librarian" but it can't really be, not if it's only taking 7-10 minutes! Maybe the librarian can do a quick check for super obvious errors, but actually checking a AI's summary work requires actually going back to the source and reviewing it yourself!)
I just....
I need to emphasize for those of you for who aren't familiar - if a book or article is miscataloged, it is effectively lost. Because it doesn't mater if a library or an archive owes it - if someone can't find it when they are looking for it, it is not only inaccessible, the only way to find it again is through chance. Imagine if you went into a library, but instead of organized shelves (where if even if you can't find what you're looking for, the librarians know where to look), every single book was just piled in a heap.
If a book is miscateloged, it still exists, but it is lost, not truly accessible. And they know that this is happening, "but whatever." Because Brewster Kahle doesn't actually care about real, practical, digital access. (Much less non-digital access.)
(And then to top it off, he goes on to criticize the Library of Congress for not being "access oriented.")
I just. 18,000 periodicals. And they've knowing, recklessly lost who knows how many of them. I feel like crying.
18,000 periodicals.
#internet archive#ai bs#nope sure don't like using those two tags in the same post#also just admit that you are an archive kahle#archives are great!#I love archives!#they serve a critical purpose distinct from libraries#I don't understand why you seem to hate the idea of being one!#(except I do - the same reason why you won't just admit what the ia did w/ the 'emergency library')
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someone sedate this man.
#the magnus archives#tma#the magnus pod#TMA pod#jonny sims#i love him your honor#but he is so guilty
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#pedro pascal#supernatural#jensen ackles#dean winchester#spn#man i love dilfs#castiel#misha collins#joel miller#sam winchester#hannibal#will graham#the walking dead#Daryl Dixon#rick grimes#Norman Reedus#andrew lincoln#ao3#tumblr#fanfic#fanfiction#archive of our own#fanfiction.net#smut
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Jon: Wow look at all of these Freaks and Weirdos in these statements. Good thing that I'm unlike them and always logical and intelligent.
Also Jon: Supplemental-- I am in the walls.
#tma#tma season two#tma season 2#the Magnus archives#Jon sims#jonathan sims#he's delusional#I love him#tma shitpost#minor tma spoilers
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CEASLESS WATCHER-
#jonathan sims#tma#the magnus archives#the archivist#ceasless watcher#turn your gaze upon this wretched thing#i love this podcast#Omg
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worn out.
#I LOVE TIM!!!!! OHMYGOD#obsessed with drawing jonathan sims head archivist of the magnus institute#tma#tma pod#tma fanart#the magnus archive fanart#the magnus archives#jonathan sims#martin blackwood#sasha james#elias bouchard#timothy stoker
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I like to imagine that as the show progresses, jon just starts dressing more and more like gertude "more cardigan than woman" robinson. He starts off in his fancy jackets and vest but by the end he's just wearing a cardigan over some random sweater from the town near the safehouse with those sweatpants that dont have the elastic at the bottom and are just really loose
do we see the vision,,,,, possibly,,,,,,,
#the magnus archives#tma#jonathan sims#i just love putting him in comfy outfits#he deserves it#martin helped pick out some (almost all) of his clothes
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WAIT DID THEY REFERENCE THIS MEME??
#how did I never realise đđ#I love the transcripts#auggg but HOW is that the cannon spelling of Jonđ#funny#meme#funny meme#The Magnus Archives#The Magnus Archives memes#funny The Magnus Archives#funny The Magnus Archives memes#The Magnus Archives spoilers#jonathan sims#basira hussain#tma#tma memes#over 1k
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Fun office comedy yes
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My my friends got me a TMA birthday cake and I laughed for a solid 5 minutes
#the magnus archives#tma#tma memes#tma cake#mag 169#jonathan sims#elias Bouchard#its a gluten free cake too bc im gluten free#i love my friends so fucking much
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Reasons why Jon Archivist is truly a character of all time:
Had the police called on him several times when he was a young child
Keeps his rib and the ashes of the season one antagonist next to his stationary drawer
Promised he wouldn��t get lost in tunnels and then immediately got lost in aforementioned tunnels
Has no clue what a joke is
Learned how remarkably easy it is to buy an ax in central London
Had to have two separate interventions
Told people his place of employment before traumatising them for life
The first character he ever said âI love youâ to is a cat
Allegedly participated in amdram
Watches documentaries and collects some kind of weird shit (my headcanon is Soviet Union postcards) when heâs not being a paranoid mess
Canonically looks like he hasnât slept in weeks
Knows nothing about library science
Fell head over heels for a man that he hated until he learned he lied on his resumĂŠ
Has been referred to as Jesus or Jesus-adjacent at least twice
Asexual icon
Knows what a meme is and said âLOLâ in the first episode
Rode on a merry-go-round sometime during his university days because he was in a weird place emotionally
Died for our Jonathan Sins
Is probably a computer now playing minesweeper with his boyfriend and evil 200+ year old boss
#i just love how much of a hot mess this sad little wet cat of a man is#jonathan sims#jon sims#the archivist#the magnus archives#tma#tma spoilers#tmagp#the magnus protocol#the magnus protocol spoilers
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What do you mean Tim doesnât stay alive and well and happy and silly and funny and alive forever WHAT DO YOU MEANNNNNNN
#Tim best character no contest#god I love Tim Iâm going to draw disgusting not safe for work content and post it publicly online#tim tma#tim stoker#jonathan sims#I GUESS Iâll tag him too guys I GUESS#tma podcast#tma fanart#tma#the magnus archives
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listening to season five shenanigans
Inspired by (and og pics at) this post !
#Yeah I love them a whole lot#love sending my friends who are still on season one or have no intention on watching tma anytime soon silly later season memes#favorite activity#the magnus archives#magnus archives#jmart#tma fanart#tma#jon sims#martin blackwood#jonathan sims#jonmartin#martin k blackwood#my art#I just realized it's my season 1-3 Martin hair design... anyway...
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tmagp comic bc I'm not normal about them!!
ep 12
#tmagp#the magnus protocol#tma#the magnus archives#tmagp fanart#tmagp episode 12 spoilers#tmagp spoilers#digital art#trans artist#fictional podcast#tma podcast#alice dyer#gwendolyn bouchard#i love them sm you don't understand#critique welcome#dyhard#my art
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You guys are commenting on the fics you read right? Youâre at least leaving kudos on the Astarion smut and the pairs that have less than 20 fics for them too? Youâre bookmarking stories you really like that are still being updated and ones that havenât been touched in over a year right?
You know that even the smallest interactions are like cocaine to fic writers right? You understand how important a string of emoji hearts left behind on a chapter at three am is right?? Right????
Youâre treating AO3 like a community and not a content factoryâŚ.right?
#this isnt bg3 specific btw im seeing a lot of fandoms rotting cause of this#ao3#archive of our own#bg3 fanfiction#bg3#PLEASE YOU GUYS INTERACT WITH THE THINGS YOU READ#youâre not being weird or annoying!!! it doesnât matter how old the fic is!!!#you can just say âI love thisâ or âitâs three am and I havenât slept yet cause I was reading thisâ#you can copy and paste a paragraph you like and add â!!!!!!â after it#theories in the comments! mention when you think youâve found foreshadowing!!!#if thereâs a part where you have to physically put your phone down and smile off into the distantce? TELL THE AUTHOR#you can leave comments every chapter too!!! ITS NOT ANNOYING
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the magnus institute or whatever
#i love this silly art style I'm trying so much#tma#the magnus archives#tma fanart#jon sims#sasha james#Tim stoker#martin blackwood#elias bouchard
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