Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT:: perspectives and challenges for Bibliographic Classification

It presents perspectives and challenges of applying Artificial Intelligence in the field of Library Science. To this end, it focuses on the practice of Bibliographic Classification and conducts a comparative study between the results obtained through classification performed by a human and by ChatGP...

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Authors: Silva, Renata Lima da, Sousa, Brisa Pozzi de
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2024
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
Repository:Revista Ibero-americana de Ciência da Informação
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/50429
Online Access:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/RICI/article/view/50429
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Biblioteconomia
Classificação Bibliográfica
ChatGPT
Inteligência Artificial
Biblioteconomía
Clasificación Bibliográfica
Inteligencia Artificial
Library Science
Bibliographic Classification
Artificial Intelligence
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Summary:It presents perspectives and challenges of applying Artificial Intelligence in the field of Library Science. To this end, it focuses on the practice of Bibliographic Classification and conducts a comparative study between the results obtained through classification performed by a human and by ChatGPT, the chatbot tool used in this analysis. The study is based on the Dewey Decimal Classification and the Universal Decimal Classification. The results revealed significant divergences between both methods, exposing mistakes and hallucinations of the generative AI model GPT-3.5, on which the current free version of ChatGPT is based. Challenges and limitations to the effective applicability of ChatGPT in the context of Bibliographic Classification are highlighted, as well as the relevance of the librarian in the practice of classification and thematic analysis, given the importance of mental exercise and critical analysis in interpreting the subject to be classified. It should be noted that the study does not conduct a comprehensive comparative analysis. The need for future, more comprehensive investigations with different perspectives from human experts and AI models is emphasized.