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Yes, even the "best" modern web search tools still don't come close to human curated subject headings. Library science survived the blockchain fads, hopefully i

Yes, even the "best" modern web search tools still don't come close to human curated subject headings. Library science survived the blockchain fads, hopefully it will remain resilient to the AI hucksters who already think google is just as good as an academic database, having never actually used one.

youerbt 2y ago
And the modern web search tools don't even try to be good at searching, but some engagement-bullshit-here-is-something-that-might-interest-you contraption. I love listening to bootlegs (recording of a concert that is not official, mostly done by fans). I happen to be a fan of a band that has quite dedicated fan base and tons of bootlegs. I remember, and I'm quite sure of it, that I could type "<BAND> <SONG> <YEAR> live" in youtube search and get pages upon pages of exactly that. Recording of the song by the band, in given year. Today if I type "tool right in two live" I get: actually what I requested - 12 official audio - 1 cover song - 4 other song by the band - 12 full concert - 4 "reaction" video - 4 And after that there are mostly "reaction" videos, yea, just what I wanted. Try it out, it's actually funny (and sad).
- hansvm 2y ago
  Nearly a 1/3 success rate for the first page of results? Honestly, I thought things were worse.
  - youerbt 2y ago
    Yes, I thought I just wanted to chill and listen to a song, but actually cutting-edge AI technology decided that I will have a better time listening to this car mechanic over-reacting to my favorite song, that he surely hears for the first time in his life. Not to mention that our AI-overlords coming out swinging, with a billion of dollars research behind, couldn't figure out that if I'm looking for a live recording of a song, then maybe, just maybe, I actually know those other songs too and could search those if I wanted to. Let's give them a few years to go back to search results they had a few years ago.
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matwood 2y ago
Curation is hard and only getting harder with the sheer amount of content produced every year. AI/ML (whatever you want to call it) should be a tool to help librarians sift through the amount of content they need curate, but not think of it as a replacement for a human.

youerbt 2y ago

And the modern web search tools don't even try to be good at searching, but some engagement-bullshit-here-is-something-that-might-interest-you contraption. I love listening to bootlegs (recording of a concert that is not official, mostly done by fans). I happen to be a fan of a band that has quite dedicated fan base and tons of bootlegs. I remember, and I'm quite sure of it, that I could type "<BAND> <SONG> <YEAR> live" in youtube search and get pages upon pages of exactly that. Recording of the song by the band, in given year. Today if I type "tool right in two live" I get: actually what I requested - 12 official audio - 1 cover song - 4 other song by the band - 12 full concert - 4 "reaction" video - 4 And after that there are mostly "reaction" videos, yea, just what I wanted. Try it out, it's actually funny (and sad).

hansvm 2y ago
Nearly a 1/3 success rate for the first page of results? Honestly, I thought things were worse.
- youerbt 2y ago
  Yes, I thought I just wanted to chill and listen to a song, but actually cutting-edge AI technology decided that I will have a better time listening to this car mechanic over-reacting to my favorite song, that he surely hears for the first time in his life. Not to mention that our AI-overlords coming out swinging, with a billion of dollars research behind, couldn't figure out that if I'm looking for a live recording of a song, then maybe, just maybe, I actually know those other songs too and could search those if I wanted to. Let's give them a few years to go back to search results they had a few years ago.
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matwood 2y ago

Curation is hard and only getting harder with the sheer amount of content produced every year. AI/ML (whatever you want to call it) should be a tool to help librarians sift through the amount of content they need curate, but not think of it as a replacement for a human.