The National Archives is launching a public-facing AI chatbot called "Archie." Employees have concerns.

In June, the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) gave employees a presentation and tech demo called “AI-mazing Tech-venture” in which Google’s Gemini AI was presented as a tool archives employees could use to “enhance productivity.” During a demo, the AI was queried with questions about the John F. Kennedy assassination, according to a copy of the presentation obtained by 404 Media using a public records request.

In December, NARA plans to launch a public-facing AI-powered chatbot called “Archie AI,” 404 Media has learned. “The National Archives has big plans for AI,” a NARA spokesperson told 404 Media. It’s going to be essential to how we conduct our work, how we scale our services for Americans who want to be able to access our records from anywhere, anytime, and how we ensure that we are ready to care for the records being created today and in the future.”

Employee chat logs given during the presentation show that National Archives employees are concerned about the idea that AI tools will be used in archiving, a practice that is inherently concerned with accurately recording history.

One worker who attended the presentation told 404 Media “I suspect they’re going to introduce it to the workplace. I’m just a person who works there and hates AI bullshit.”

@Fedizen@lemmy.world
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great, now even the government records will make shit up. Is every manager just slowly being lobotomized by the business fad industry?

@Wooki@lemmy.world
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Fantastic, just what public needs from a Government body: hallucinated official records!!!111!!

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I think this is in the wrong lemmy community, I recommend dystopian nightmare.

@iAvicenna@lemmy.world
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hey boss, if it enhances productivity, does it mean we can work less hours?

@KnitWit@lemmy.world
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They should name the archiving ai Herodotus… We really have entered the post truth era.

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This is how history becomes a fluid AI hallucination.

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I can see a function for AI here. Scan texts, Tag and keyword them at scale. Probably this was done already but maybe a new gen tool can do it better and faster. I’m just wondering if they actually have people that will look at this and develop best practices or is this just the… here you go… now be more productive, were firing 20pct staff. I know what they say they will do… but let’s see how this turns out.

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break up big tech.

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