[CANMEDLIB] Artificial Intelligence

[Nicole Askin]

There is an upcoming webinar on ChatGPT in systematic reviewing which may
be of interest: https://picoportal.org/2023/01/29/chatgpt/
Nicole

On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 5:37 PM Giustini, Dean via CANMEDLIB <
canmedlib at chlaabsc.koumbit.org> wrote:

>
> Dear Naz,
>
> Thanks for sharing your ideas re: artificial intelligence and machine
> learning. Hope all is well with you.
>
> With the arrival of the chatbot, *ChatGPT* <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChatGPT>, I've been trying to figure out
> how this tool might play out in the short term. I used to maintain files on
> the retired wiki that pertained to AI and machine learning, especially vis
> a vis *automated indexing *of the biomedical literature. NLM started
> using these technologies 20+ years ago, and now Medline indexing (as of mid
> 2022) is completely automated using the training sets built over that time
> period.
>
> Some issues that arise that might be of interest:
> - AI *and / or automated systems that enable computers to perform
> advanced functions are exciting tools!*
> *- However, these systems often reflect the biases (e.g., anchoring,
> confirmation, sampling biases) of the source data;*
> *- Automated systems reflecting the biases of previous datasets is a
> problem found repeatedly across many fields;*
> *- Health librarians can be vigilant about perpetuating these biases;
> offering to supplement training set(s) with different data*
>
> Our work as health sciences librarians is primarily bibliographic. I was
> surprised / not surprised to learn that ChatGPT will provide references to
> support its creation of answers in narrative text; however, these
> references don't actually exist in real information sources (ChatGPT
> provides them as examples of references that *might *exist but they are
> not the real ones).
>
> The race to provide answers to research questions using AI is big
> business. Google is working on an inhouse advanced AI tool called
> "Sparrow" which will supplement Google searches. This is the area we'll
> want to watch closely: the effect of AI on traditional search engines, and
> findability of evidence-based information in medicine, in bona fide sources.
>
> Dean Giustini, MLS, MEd
> UBC Biomedical Branch Librarian
> *Liaison librarian: UBC Faculty of Medicine, **St. Paul's and Vancouver
> hospitals *
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> *From:* CANMEDLIB <canmedlib-bounces at chlaabsc.koumbit.org> on behalf of
> Naz Torabi via CANMEDLIB <canmedlib at chlaabsc.koumbit.org>
> *Sent:* January 27, 2023 7:30:28 AM
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> *Subject:* [CANMEDLIB] Artificial Intelligence
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> Hello CanMedlibers,
>
>
>
> I have been monitoring some of the talks about recent advancements in
> Artificial Intelligence and machine learning and I have decided to start
> the Elements of AI, https://www.elementsofai.com/, a free online course
> explaining the basics of AI technologies.
>
>
>
> IFLA has shared a list of resources for AI
> https://www.ifla.org/g/ai/23-resources-to-get-up-to-speed-on-ai-in-2023/,
> but there might be something out there that is more health/biomedicine
> related.
>
>
>
> Also, I wonder if there is any interest among CHLA/ABSC members in
> starting an AI Interest Group. I would be very interested in participating
> in the discussions and learning.
>
>
>
> Have a great weekend!
>
> Naz
>
>
>
> Naz Torabi | Coordinator, Sciences Collections | 2022-2023 CHLA/ABSC
> President
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