This week we have Kay back on to talk about AI and what the refusal of AI means in terms of library practice and theory. 
Bsky: @<a href='mailto:kslater@bsky.social'>kslater.bsky.social</a>
Media mentioned
Kay’s article in Library Trends: Against AI: <a href='https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2025.a968497'>Critical Refusal in the Library</a>
The AI Con (book) <a href='https://thecon.ai/'>https://thecon.ai/</a> 
“Synthetic literacy” forthcoming from Dr. Kishonna Gray <a href='https://www.kishonnagray.com/'>https://www.kishonnagray.com/</a> 
 
librarians doing infolit session part of that is telling the students how it will track you - privacy issues
<a href='https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2016/putting-critical-information-literacy-into-context-how-and-why-librarians-adopt-critical-practices-in-their-teaching/'>https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2016/putting-critical-information-literacy-into-context-how-and-why-librarians-adopt-critical-practices-in-their-teaching/</a> 
<a href='https://infolit.org.uk/privacy-and-surveillance-in-the-classroom-responding-to-new-information-literacy-challenges/'>https://infolit.org.uk/privacy-and-surveillance-in-the-classroom-responding-to-new-information-literacy-challenges/</a> 
<a href='https://acrlog.org/2020/11/13/privacy-consent-and-the-virtual-one-shot/'>https://acrlog.org/2020/11/13/privacy-consent-and-the-virtual-one-shot/</a> 
<a href='https://datalabelers.org/'>https://datalabelers.org/</a> 
<a href='https://www.fortinet.com/resources/cyberglossary/cia-triad'>https://www.fortinet.com/resources/cyberglossary/cia-triad</a>
The People’s Platform (book) <a href='https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250062598/thepeoplesplatform/'>https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250062598/thepeoplesplatform/</a>
Transcript: <a href='https://paste.ofcode.org/HNKAPrHLSPgUpNuraN3m2F'>https://paste.ofcode.org/HNKAPrHLSPgUpNuraN3m2F</a> 
Join the Discord: <a href='https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG'>https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;This week we have Kay back on to talk about AI and what the refusal of AI means in terms of library practice and theory. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bsky: @&lt;a href='mailto:kslater@bsky.social'&gt;kslater.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Media mentioned&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kay’s article in Library Trends: Against AI: &lt;a href='https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2025.a968497'&gt;Critical Refusal in the Library&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The AI Con (book) &lt;a href='https://thecon.ai/'&gt;https://thecon.ai/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Synthetic literacy” forthcoming from Dr. Kishonna Gray &lt;a href='https://www.kishonnagray.com/'&gt;https://www.kishonnagray.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;librarians doing infolit session part of that is telling the students how it will track you - privacy issues&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2016/putting-critical-information-literacy-into-context-how-and-why-librarians-adopt-critical-practices-in-their-teaching/'&gt;https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2016/putting-critical-information-literacy-into-context-how-and-why-librarians-adopt-critical-practices-in-their-teaching/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://infolit.org.uk/privacy-and-surveillance-in-the-classroom-responding-to-new-information-literacy-challenges/'&gt;https://infolit.org.uk/privacy-and-surveillance-in-the-classroom-responding-to-new-information-literacy-challenges/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://acrlog.org/2020/11/13/privacy-consent-and-the-virtual-one-shot/'&gt;https://acrlog.org/2020/11/13/privacy-consent-and-the-virtual-one-shot/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://datalabelers.org/'&gt;https://datalabelers.org/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.fortinet.com/resources/cyberglossary/cia-triad'&gt;https://www.fortinet.com/resources/cyberglossary/cia-triad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The People’s Platform (book) &lt;a href='https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250062598/thepeoplesplatform/'&gt;https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250062598/thepeoplesplatform/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Transcript: &lt;a href='https://paste.ofcode.org/HNKAPrHLSPgUpNuraN3m2F'&gt;https://paste.ofcode.org/HNKAPrHLSPgUpNuraN3m2F&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Join the Discord: &lt;a href='https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG'&gt;https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
</description>

This week we have Kay back on to talk about AI and what the refusal of AI means in terms of library practice and theory. 
Bsky: @kslater.bsky.social
Media mentioned
Kay’s article in Library Trends: Against AI: Critical Refusal in the Library
The AI Con (book) https://thecon.ai/ 
“Synthetic literacy” forthcoming from Dr. Kishonna Gray https://www.kishonnagray.com/ 
 
librarians doing infolit session part of that is telling the students how it will track you - privacy issues
https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2016/putting-critical-information-literacy-into-context-how-and-why-librarians-adopt-critical-practices-in-their-teaching/ 
https://infolit.org.uk/privacy-and-surveillance-in-the-classroom-responding-to-new-information-literacy-challenges/ 
https://acrlog.org/2020/11/13/privacy-consent-and-the-virtual-one-shot/ 
https://datalabelers.org/ 
https://www.fortinet.com/resources/cyberglossary/cia-triad
The People’s Platform (book) https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250062598/thepeoplesplatform/
Transcript: https://paste.ofcode.org/HNKAPrHLSPgUpNuraN3m2F 
Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG 

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155 - AI Refusal feat. Kay

155 - AI Refusal feat. Kay

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