Bohyun Kim
@bohyunkim.bsky.social
Works at a library; AUL for IT; formerly CTO/Professor & LITA President (now @ALA_Core); Technology & Power column; Pronounced bo+h+yun (as in 'yearn' w/o r; not as in d'une'). bohyunkim.net/blog
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Bohyun Kim
@bohyunkim.bsky.social
· Nov 21
What I Think About AI When I Hear About AI: A Slightly Unconventional View
The first occasion that led me to think about artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the context of libraries came in early 2017, shortly after AlphaGo had beat the world champion o...
www.bohyunkim.net
New blog post! “What I Think About AI When I Hear About AI: A Slightly Unconventional View” - www.bohyunkim.net/blog/archive... (or read on Substack bohyunkima2.substack.com/p/what-i-thi...) #libraries #AI #ML
Come to our session this morning if you are at #cnifall25! “4.1 Artificial Intelligence-Related Efforts at Three Libraries: How They Have Fared & Where They Are Headed”
December 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Come to our session this morning if you are at #cnifall25! “4.1 Artificial Intelligence-Related Efforts at Three Libraries: How They Have Fared & Where They Are Headed”
Browser extensions for LSP! (Folio)
December 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Browser extensions for LSP! (Folio)
I don’t think we humans are necessarily better at performing the zero-tolerance-for-error type of tasks but it is true that our preference is clearly for those tasks being done by humans, not machines. The Q of what that means to us isn’t an ideological one.
December 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I don’t think we humans are necessarily better at performing the zero-tolerance-for-error type of tasks but it is true that our preference is clearly for those tasks being done by humans, not machines. The Q of what that means to us isn’t an ideological one.
+1 to the idea of “scaling down” the computing infrastructure and what that can mean, as long as it is pursued for more sustainability and more responsible computing (not just for the sake of austerity and doming more with less)! #cnifall25
December 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
+1 to the idea of “scaling down” the computing infrastructure and what that can mean, as long as it is pursued for more sustainability and more responsible computing (not just for the sake of austerity and doming more with less)! #cnifall25
If more humans start speaking AI language, doesn’t that make AI language just another variation of human language? AI slop or kitsch normalized?
“A recent study found that A.I. language is increasingly coming out of human mouths.“
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...
“A recent study found that A.I. language is increasingly coming out of human mouths.“
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...
Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
If more humans start speaking AI language, doesn’t that make AI language just another variation of human language? AI slop or kitsch normalized?
“A recent study found that A.I. language is increasingly coming out of human mouths.“
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...
“A recent study found that A.I. language is increasingly coming out of human mouths.“
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...
It occurred to me that my love for various cleaning tools/agents may signify my unending hope for renewal for everything (including the dirtiest and oldest oven rack)! 😆 (only if my hope led to actual cleaning action more often!!)
December 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
It occurred to me that my love for various cleaning tools/agents may signify my unending hope for renewal for everything (including the dirtiest and oldest oven rack)! 😆 (only if my hope led to actual cleaning action more often!!)
It’s like sb was listening to me harping on missing the mix tapes (not so much LPs)! Mix tapes gave us the most wonderful form of practicing/experiencing copy*left* (not in the legal sense) but in the sense of curating and sharing in our most ordinary life, imho. 🙌@jasonclark.bsky.social #copyleft
Unpause and rewind: Cassette tapes are making a comeback - ABC News share.google/ZE6hHcu6EMH4...
Fragile, inconvenient and low quality: Why are cassettes making a comeback?
For a supposedly obsolete music format, audio cassette sales seem to be set on fast forward at the moment.
share.google
December 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It’s like sb was listening to me harping on missing the mix tapes (not so much LPs)! Mix tapes gave us the most wonderful form of practicing/experiencing copy*left* (not in the legal sense) but in the sense of curating and sharing in our most ordinary life, imho. 🙌@jasonclark.bsky.social #copyleft
Navigating London subway with a suitcase made me wonder why Google or Apple Map does not provide the public transportation directions *with a step-free/accessibility-friendly option* for large cities. Kudos to city of London providing detailed info: tfl.gov.uk/travel-infor...
tfl.gov.uk
December 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Navigating London subway with a suitcase made me wonder why Google or Apple Map does not provide the public transportation directions *with a step-free/accessibility-friendly option* for large cities. Kudos to city of London providing detailed info: tfl.gov.uk/travel-infor...
What would be some of the concrete and *realistic* terms/features of “responsible AI” practices in your opinion (not of the pie-in-the-sky type)? I would love to hear from folks at #FF2025 if you have thoughts on this topic. Thank you!
December 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
What would be some of the concrete and *realistic* terms/features of “responsible AI” practices in your opinion (not of the pie-in-the-sky type)? I would love to hear from folks at #FF2025 if you have thoughts on this topic. Thank you!
Loved hearing about this AI literacy project to support information professionals (as well as the public)! misbehavingmachines.net #FF2025
December 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Loved hearing about this AI literacy project to support information professionals (as well as the public)! misbehavingmachines.net #FF2025
Exploration of AI afterlives: “Synthetic Pasts” & “The Responsible AI Afterlives workbook” - www.syntheticpasts.com & www.syntheticpasts.com/aiafterlives... (which says authenticity is not static.) #FF2025
Synthetic Pasts | digital memory
The Synthetic Pasts project is a critical-creative inquiry exploring how media fragments from the past - photos or audio recordings for example - are remediated/reanimated through algorithmic intermed...
www.syntheticpasts.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Exploration of AI afterlives: “Synthetic Pasts” & “The Responsible AI Afterlives workbook” - www.syntheticpasts.com & www.syntheticpasts.com/aiafterlives... (which says authenticity is not static.) #FF2025
“AI use to identify & remove redundant, obsolete, trivial (ROT) records to reduce their digital heap.” 🙌 I think information decluttering, info hygiene, selective archiving at scale will become critical given the rising cost (IT and beyond) and energy impact of large data storage & mgmt. #FF2025
December 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
“AI use to identify & remove redundant, obsolete, trivial (ROT) records to reduce their digital heap.” 🙌 I think information decluttering, info hygiene, selective archiving at scale will become critical given the rising cost (IT and beyond) and energy impact of large data storage & mgmt. #FF2025
Compar:IA allows users to evaluate multiple LLMs, revealing over-/under-representations, biases, environmental footprint, etc in LLMs’ responses. This tool helps building a high-quality data sets in French and other non-English languages (including users’ prompts data). comparia.beta.gouv.fr #FF2025
Comment ça marche
comparia.beta.gouv.fr
December 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Compar:IA allows users to evaluate multiple LLMs, revealing over-/under-representations, biases, environmental footprint, etc in LLMs’ responses. This tool helps building a high-quality data sets in French and other non-English languages (including users’ prompts data). comparia.beta.gouv.fr #FF2025
I would say no technology is inherently for austerity (or abundance). Today’s leaning into austerity is driven by the (universalized) desire for “more” rather than “less” imho. Humans don’t have a good track record on “just enough” in anything, but it would be exciting to see that change. #FF2025
December 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I would say no technology is inherently for austerity (or abundance). Today’s leaning into austerity is driven by the (universalized) desire for “more” rather than “less” imho. Humans don’t have a good track record on “just enough” in anything, but it would be exciting to see that change. #FF2025
“Careful Consequence Check” mentioned in the #FF2025 opening keynote by
@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social - www.careful.industries/blog/2025-11...
@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social - www.careful.industries/blog/2025-11...
Introducing the Careful Consequence Check — Careful Industries
A step-by-step guide to using the Careful Consequence Check canvas.
www.careful.industries
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
“Careful Consequence Check” mentioned in the #FF2025 opening keynote by
@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social - www.careful.industries/blog/2025-11...
@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social - www.careful.industries/blog/2025-11...
New blog post! “What I Think About AI When I Hear About AI: A Slightly Unconventional View” - www.bohyunkim.net/blog/archive... (or read on Substack bohyunkima2.substack.com/p/what-i-thi...) #libraries #AI #ML
What I Think About AI When I Hear About AI: A Slightly Unconventional View
The first occasion that led me to think about artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the context of libraries came in early 2017, shortly after AlphaGo had beat the world champion o...
www.bohyunkim.net
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
New blog post! “What I Think About AI When I Hear About AI: A Slightly Unconventional View” - www.bohyunkim.net/blog/archive... (or read on Substack bohyunkima2.substack.com/p/what-i-thi...) #libraries #AI #ML
Wrote a short post : “About Going All In: The ordinariness of all that is extraordinary”
- open.substack.com/pub/bohyunki...
- open.substack.com/pub/bohyunki...
About Going All In
The ordinariness of all that is extraordinary
open.substack.com
July 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Wrote a short post : “About Going All In: The ordinariness of all that is extraordinary”
- open.substack.com/pub/bohyunki...
- open.substack.com/pub/bohyunki...
A long weekend, so I wrote something. Not about library or technology but hope some find it interesting. open.substack.com/pub/bohyunki...
The Strangeness of Contemporary Art
Tips for how to enjoy it
open.substack.com
July 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A long weekend, so I wrote something. Not about library or technology but hope some find it interesting. open.substack.com/pub/bohyunki...
Come by to discuss AI in the context of library user needs and goals - today 1pm at PCC 115A! “The Future of Library Services: Innovating with AI, UX, and the Service Design” - RUSA President’s Program
cdmcd.co/zEXmAq #alaac25
cdmcd.co/zEXmAq #alaac25
June 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Come by to discuss AI in the context of library user needs and goals - today 1pm at PCC 115A! “The Future of Library Services: Innovating with AI, UX, and the Service Design” - RUSA President’s Program
cdmcd.co/zEXmAq #alaac25
cdmcd.co/zEXmAq #alaac25
Reposted by Bohyun Kim
MASL is well represented at American Library Association’s annual conference in Philadelphia! 📚Shoutout to our very own Governor Gretchen Whitmer for being a keynote speaker at this year’s conference! 🤩 #ALAAC25 @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
June 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
MASL is well represented at American Library Association’s annual conference in Philadelphia! 📚Shoutout to our very own Governor Gretchen Whitmer for being a keynote speaker at this year’s conference! 🤩 #ALAAC25 @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
Attending “AILA President's Program: Truth, Identity, and Responsibility: Libraries and the Issue of Pretendians” at #alaac25. A great program (slides at docs.google.com/presentation...)
June 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Attending “AILA President's Program: Truth, Identity, and Responsibility: Libraries and the Issue of Pretendians” at #alaac25. A great program (slides at docs.google.com/presentation...)
“Machine access to publisher content, it matters:
• Who asks •How you ask •
Where you ask from” - #OpenRepos2025
• Who asks •How you ask •
Where you ask from” - #OpenRepos2025
June 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“Machine access to publisher content, it matters:
• Who asks •How you ask •
Where you ask from” - #OpenRepos2025
• Who asks •How you ask •
Where you ask from” - #OpenRepos2025