Mia wrote on 05/09/2019 15:38:Thanks for the food for thought! I think I've unconsciously stayed away from the term 'AI' and stuck to smaller terms like 'machine learning' or larger ones like 'data science' because of the less pleasant connotations of AI that have come out in this thread.We've heard about some of the threats - job loss or changes to jobs - but what about the positives?
I found this article in my RSS feed this morning:
https://www.wired.com/story/archive-of-our-own-fans-better-than-tech-organizing-information/?
I think it's very relevant to this thread and to the wider issue of where the heritage jobs are.
The article describes how machines would be unable to do the job done by hundreds of 'tag wranglers' as the human ability to 'connect the dots' between unconnected items isn't a machine learning trait.
I think it also points to where the future of heritage work lies - curation.
As in - The creation of stories that make sense of the objects of the past.
and to further illustrate that - did you know how chainsaws were invented?
http://davetrott.co.uk/2019/09/its-not-where-you-start-its-where-you-finish/
:o)
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