LFI 2025/Week 11

Week 11: The AI Hellscape

• Real time lecture: Wednesday July 9th, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern
• Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/9129428892

Readings

As always, just get through what you're able to!

• A librarian against AI, or, I think AI should leave
• The bargain we are being asked to ratify: AI as technological bribery
• A survey of AI tools in library tech
• AI hype and the disciplining of creative, academic, and journalistic labor
• Make AI a fight about power, not progress

LFP resources on AI

• Remove AI flyer
• Questions to ask vendors about AI
• https://libraryfreedom.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/AI-Talking-Points-Half-Sheet-8.5-x-11-in.pdf Critical AI talking points half-sheet flyer]
• AI ethics bookmark

Guest speaker

Dr. Alex Hanna from DAIR https://www.alex-hanna.com/

Tasks

Readings and Discord discussion