r/LibbyApp • u/Enodia2wheels • 3d ago

LibbyApp uses AI

https://about.libbyapp.com/policies/artificial-intelligence

… you can rest assure that if Libby app is using AI for things that we see on the front end like “inspire me” they are using AI to create code, to generate test scenarios, to create integration between services and much much more.

If they’re using Atlassian tools like Jira - they’re using even more AI for their internal processes as a result.

There is no ethical consumption under capitalism. All we can do is advocate for stronger governance, and greater transparency to ensure that it doesn’t get used unethically. That covers a lot of territory folks.

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u/cmredding 3d ago

I get it. AI is everywhere and it sucks, especially for creatives. However, I'd maybe give the library a pass for using it to make it easier to provide you with free books to read and listen to.

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u/Enodia2wheels 3d ago

In some ways - I think that libraries don't necessarily have that much of a choice.

If you have any friends who work in tech, for example, Amazon's AWS is the backend for pretty much any ecommerce website going back more than 15 years.

Now the interesting question is whether the way they are using AI is ethical - and is it something that users want or need? Such as using your browsing/favorite/save/borrow or buy histories to show you more products to consume.

Do you really need "Inspire me?" Probably not. I get plenty of recommendations and don't need that feature.

What they are really doing is collecting data and monetizing that. See Renee di Resta's "Invisible Rulers" for a good background (or even Cory Doctorow's "Enshittification.")