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Natalie Meyers

Exploring shifting assumptions, surprising signals, and significant AI developments, we analyze unstable drivers, emerging themes, and their impact on libraries, education, and society's future.

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Breakout One: What are one or two surprising experiences you've personally had with an AI tool or app when generating text, images, videos, code, or something else?

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IceBreaker: Over the next decade, generative AI will Improve society vs generative AI will harm society

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IceBreaker: Over the next decade, more workers will be Replaced by generative AI vs Empowered by generative AI

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What questions would you like to be able to answer using the scenarios?

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What near-term decisions do you or your library/university need to make that would benefit from a longer-term perspective?

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1) Since June 2024 what developments have you noticed in AI, libraries, research, or education that impact the scenarios?  2) Do these changes suggest a move toward or away from any particular scenario?

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2.1 What drivers do you believe are shaping the future of libraries and higher education today? 

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2.1 What signals have you seen— recent headlines, innovations, policy changes-that might indicate change is underway?

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2.1 Which drivers are well understood in your organization? 

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2.1 Which drivers are overlooked in your organization?

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2.2 What recent developments in AI feel significant? What other technology innovations have caught your attention?

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2.2 Have you seen surprising or highly relevant changes in libraries, research, publishing, or education?

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2.2 Are there any policy debates, economic shifts, or social changes that have caught your attention?

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2.3 What are the biggest unknowns, worries, contingencies, or critical uncertainties in our operating environment?

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2.3 What new possibilities and avenues for success have been opened up by recent events?

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2.3 What’s the biggest provocation or change to our “business as usual” that should be considered for the long term (5–10+ years)?

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FutureScapes TOWS Exercises on Google

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