SSP OnDemand: AI Goes From Disruptive to Imperative
/A discussion of publishers overcoming hang-ups and getting real with intelligent automation
by Mike Groth
According to a report by Grand View Research, the global Artificial Intelligence (AI) market is currently valued at $39.9 billion and predicted to grow 42% year over year from now until 2027. AI and machine learning are all around us—from online shopping and customer service to predictive texts and emails to streamlining workflow in industries from healthcare to finance. And yet, in academic publishing, AI is still in early stages of implementation.
Last fall, Unsilo released the results of a survey of academic publishers on their current and expected use of AI. While over two-thirds of publishers are using at least one AI tool, a vast portion of respondents weren’t entirely sure what the tool was used for. Those who are not using AI tools cite a variety of reasons for not using them, including not enough AI-trained staff, not sure of the benefits of AI, and the cost of implementing these systems and tools.
For the Society of Scholarly Publishers OnDemand Video Content Library, we participated in a panel discussion entitled, AI Goes From Disruptive to Imperative: Publishers overcoming hang-ups and getting real with intelligent automation, where we invited movers and shakers in AI to highlight why researchers and publishers must embrace the technology now in order to remain competitive.
Alongside me speaking for KGL, the session features Josh Nicholson, Co-founder and CEO, scite.ai; Niels Peter Thomas, Managing Director, Books, Springer Nature; and was moderated by Erin L. Cox, US Publicist, Frankfurter Buchmesse, all describing real-world use cases of AI in scholarly publishing.
We identify:
How publishers have increased efficiency, improved author satisfaction, and expanded their publishing output after implementing systems that focus on language analysis and copyediting
How machine learning can help researchers discover more useful content and understand if those articles have been cited and supported or disputed
What the future of publishing can look like when the industry embraces this technology, including the story of the first machine-generated book
The OnDemand recording of the panel discussion is to be released on Monday, August 31; with a live screening on Friday, September 11 at 11am EDT. Several of the panelists will join for the live-screening to answer questions via chat throughout the discussion.
For more on the discussion of publishers getting real with AI, visit our event page. Registration details are available on the Professional Development Series OnDemand section of the SSP website.
