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Wrote my first blog post in a long time, as I start to unpack my time at Knight Foundation. Thinking about where arts+tech could go, and the funding models might get us there. This one is about the (relative) futility of funding "innovation" in the arts. https://kovenjsmith.com/post/2025-10-17-innovation-funds/ #musetech #arts #artstech #glam #philanthropy

Koven J. Smith

Innovation is not infrastructure

The survival of the arts depends on technology, but not in the way most funders think. The sector’s real challenge isn’t innovation; it’s infrastructure. You wouldn't know this to look at what work gets funded, though.

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@5easypieces@social.coop · 3 days ago

Koven J. Smith

Innovation is not infrastructure

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@mia@hcommons.social · last week

I wrote up a talk I did recently: 'AI and Machine Learning in Libraries: Promising, But Not Ready Yet' https://www.openobjects.org.uk/2025/10/ai-and-machine-learning-in-libraries-promising-but-not-ready-yet

#AI4LAM #MuseTech #GLAMTech

https://www.openobjects.org.uk

AI and Machine Learning in Libraries: Promising, But Not Ready Yet

Mia

@mia@hcommons.social · last week

#AI4LAM #MuseTech #GLAMTech

https://www.openobjects.org.uk

AI and Machine Learning in Libraries: Promising, But Not Ready Yet

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@mia@hcommons.social · last month

The next #IIIF Community Call is on 'AI Bot Management', Weds October 8 at 12pm ET / 16:00 UTC. Call links etc at https://iiif.io/community

What are you doing about bots swarming your GLAM website or IIIF collections? Pros and cons of different approaches? What does this mean for open content? #MuseTech

Mia

@mia@hcommons.social · last month

The next #IIIF Community Call is on 'AI Bot Management', Weds October 8 at 12pm ET / 16:00 UTC. Call links etc at https://iiif.io/community

What are you doing about bots swarming your GLAM website or IIIF collections? Pros and cons of different approaches? What does this mean for open content? #MuseTech

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@mia@hcommons.social · 4 months ago

Nice! Osma Suominen @osma from National Library of Finland (Annif & FintoAI)'s 5 points for AI in libraries:
- Use AI to make the world better
- Use the smallest AI that works
- Don't depend on corporate AI
- Evaluate & create data sets
- Be open and transparent

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vRA1o11pODoJ0FmFc8dRj-xNZRUs7lsxzDACkiYt6d-Bdfql1ujw3gGpSedTQnXDG0MrRg3_WAl1GQS/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000#slide=id.p1
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/April_2024/Contents/AvoinGLAM_report
#AI4LAM #MuseTech

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@mia@hcommons.social · 4 months ago