AI in OH: How New and Evolving Technologies Will Impact the Profession
Since the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in the fall of 2022, artificial intelligence, or AI for short, has pervaded our shared discourse and lexicon. Myriad organizations and sectors are at once hurriedly embracing and cautiously considering the impacts large language models and complex algorithms might have on their industries. Oral history is not immune to AI’s influence, and in certain cases the profession might already hold extant examples of its effects on practice.
For this online symposium, OHA invites oral history practitioners and scholars from all disciplines who utilize oral history in their work to submit paper or roundtable proposals detailing any number of intersections between artificial intelligence and oral history. Topics could include, but are not limited to:
- Augmenting/Improving oral history workflows with AI tools
- Impacts of utilizing oral histories for large language model training
- Influences of AI in representations of racial/ethnic identity or racial power structures
- Creative/Productive uses of oral history material via AI tools
- Ethical considerations regarding AI behaviors or products
- Ruminations on the future of the field in an AI-driven world
The symposium is tentatively set for the work week of July 15, 2024, with its ultimate timing/length determined by the strength of the submission field. Proposals may either be submitted as stand-alone papers/presentations, a panel of topically coherent papers/presentations, a roundtable centered around a central theme, or a two-hour workshop. Your proposal should include:
- The title of each paper, presentation, and/or proposed panel/roundtable/workshop
- An abstract of no more than 500 words for each individual paper/presentation/workshop, or a single abstract for a proposed roundtable
- Name, affiliation, and email address for each prospective participant
- A short bio of no more than 250 words for each prospective participant
For those looking to find fellow presenters for their panel, roundtable, or workshop idea, feel free to use OHA’s collaborative Google Doc for the symposium found HERE.
Submit your proposals within the OHA Symposium Portal by January 1st, 2024. If you have any questions about the submission process, please reach out to AI in OH program co-chairs Steven Sielaff (steven_sielaff@baylor.edu) & Sarah Milligan (sarah.milligan@okstate.edu).
Proposals will be reviewed by a program committee in early 2024, with applicants being informed of their acceptance or declination by March 1st, 2024. The full program will be released and registration for the symposium will open shortly thereafter. For future news and updates, please visit the official symposium website: https://oralhistory.org/ai
Contact Information
Steven Sielaff – Associate Director, Oral History Association
Contact Email
Steven_Sielaff@baylor.edu
URL
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