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“If I can’t tell people that generative AI is not a source of information that they should be relying on, then what can I tell them?” she said. “That’s my job. I’m an information professional.”

Despite breathless reporting on AI and how it is going to change the world, Cyrus said that in her experience, most average library patrons aren’t finding it helpful.

“People are frustrated with auto-complete on steroids,” she said. “These things are trying to finish their sentences for them. They just want to turn it off.”

In Searsmont, Brown intends to continue helping people remove AI from their devices and he also plans to help the library itself step away from Google tools, such as Gmail, Google Meet and Google Drive and replace them with more secure and private ones.

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