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Will AI solve our productivity problems
AI is developing at a rapid pace. No longer is it simply scraping information off the internet for us and generating content — what is known as generative AI. It is now beginning to make decisions, in what's known as agentic AI.
Agentic AI : What Librarians need to know
Agentic AI represents the evolution of AI from interactive chatbots that had us frantically studying the art of
prompting in order to craft the best AI queries and resulting interactions to receive the best results to “sophisticated ‘co-pilots’ and ‘agents’ capable of helping people with
personal and professional tasks” (bloomberg.com/news/arti
cles/2024-11-15/how-openai-s-chatgpt-and-its-generativeai-rivals-are-evolving?sref=jJkH0oaz)
Is AI a Con?
AI slop means faster and cheaper content, and the technical and financial logic of online platforms creates a race to the bottom.

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Is AI going to take over the world? Have scientists created an artificial lifeform that can think on its own? Is it going to replace all our jobs, even creative ones, like doctors, teachers and care workers? Are we about to enter an age where computers are better than humans at everything?
The answers, as the authors of The AI Con stress, are “no”, “they wish”, “LOL” and “definitely not”.
And do you work well with AI?
Being ‘AI fluent’ is quickly becoming as important as being proficient in office software once was.