THURSDAY ROUNDUP: Hargadon on AI, Albrecht on Libraries, & Upcoming Events

Here's a roundup of recent Learning Revolution and Library 2.0 blog posts.

Steve Hargadon on AI:

• AI Ethics: Generative AI's Three Body Problem
• Chasing Shadows: Elon Musk’s Quest for Truth and the Limits of Large Language Models
• Libraries and AI Webinar Recording and Report
• Students and AI Webinar Report
• The Amazing, but Unsettling, Value of AI for Medical Diagnosis (a personal story)
• Please Don’t Use AI as Your Expert Witness
• The Zika Virus and the Limitations of AI Reasoning
• The Paleolithic Paradox: Why AI Is Not Like Us
• Is an Emergent Synthetic Intelligence Already Here?
• A New Old Way: Learning in Conversation with AI
• AI and the Paradox of Education: Generative Teaching, Agentic Learning, and Education's Singularity
• How to Read a Book (and More) With AI
• AI and the Calculator Effect
• AI and the "Cliff Clavin Problem"

Dr. Steve Albrecht on Libraries:

• Fixing C.O.B.I. at Your Library
• Creating the Perfect Library Security Officer
• The C.O.B.I. at Your Library
• “Homeless” vs. “Unhoused”
• “Stay Interview” Questions: Talking with Library Employees Who Are Thinking of Quitting
• Service, Safety, and Security at Your Library
• Interview with the Author: Dr. Steve Albrecht on HR Skills for Library Leaders
• Challenging Library Patron Behaviors
• To Union or Not to Union
• Eight Ways Why Your Library is Like a Hospital
• The "Joyless Library" Work Culture
• The Power of Rewards and Recognition
• Approaches to Library Panic Alarms

 

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 July 18, 2025

 July 24, 2025

 July 29, 2025

 August 13, 2025

August 26, 2025

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