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Can You Spot an AI-Generated Book?: An AI Literacy Workshop
Tuesday, September 29 | 1–2 PM PST
In person at the AI Center for Civic and Social Good in King Library & Zoom
AI-generated content is increasingly showing up in physical books and e-books, raising questions about how we recognize it and evaluate what we’re reading. Jill Strykowski, SJSU Library’s Cataloging and Government Documents Lead and an MLIS PhD student whose research intersects libraries, metadata, and AI, will use real examples to explore some of the clues that can help identify and evaluate AI-generated books.
For anyone who can’t attend the full session live, the first 20 – 30 minutes will be recorded and shared afterward with registered participants. The interactive activity portion will not be recorded.
This workshop is part of SJSU Library’s How Can AI Be Used for Social Good? 2026–2027 series.
Register here for the zoom link and recording: https://events.sjsu.edu/event/can-you-spot-an-ai-generated-book-ai-literacy-workshop
Please feel free to share with any students or colleagues who might be interested!
Thank you! Our library received a donated paperback copy of “Sense and Sensibility.” The printing dimensions were odd and not very reader-friendly. Took a look at the publication info and sure enough, it was an AI-generated copy.
@emilyelizabeth that boggles my mind. I had no idea that they were making AI versions of classic works.
Thanks for sharing, super relevant to concerns about AI-slop in creative spaces. Registered and shared.
Wish it wasn’t in the middle of the workday! But thank you for sharing, it is a very timely topic, and I signed up so I can receive the recording.
This is awesome, thank you for sharing. I’ll send this to my collection development team.