AI In OH: How New and Evolving Technologies Will Impact the Profession
Online Symposium – July 15-19, 2024
Since the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in the fall of 2022, artificial intelligence, or AI for short, has pervaded our shared discourse and lexicon. Myriad organizations and sectors are at once hurriedly embracing and cautiously considering the impacts large language models and complex algorithms might have on their industries. Oral history is not immune to AI’s influence, and in certain cases the profession might already hold extant examples of its effects on practice.
For this online symposium, OHA invited oral history practitioners and scholars from all disciplines who
utilized oral history in their work to submit proposals detailing any number of intersections between
artificial intelligence and oral history. From a strong submission pool, we are happy to present ten
sessions over five days (July 15-19, 2024) that delve into the structural and ethical aspects of applying
AI to oral history work.
You can find the digital version of the symposium program HERE.
Each session was scheduled for two hours, with the last thirty minutes designated for a robust Q&A section
so that attendees had plenty of opportunity to delve deeper into the theory and/or practice on display.
We also scheduled one morning and one afternoon session per day with a two-hour break in
between so that everyone had a chance to fit at least some of this content into their weekly schedule.
Attendees were also provided access to all ten recordings from the AI in OH Symposium. These recordings currently feature sparse file metadata and include the native Zoom transcription data uploaded as captions. In the coming weeks we will add more details on the video pages such as links to the chat window transcripts, as well as provide more accurate captions.
Symposium registrants will always be able to access these recordings, while the remainder of the OHA membership will be able to access this list behind the membership paywall beginning January 1, 2025.
Miss out on the symposium? You can still register to access the recordings!
The registration portal for the symposium is now open once again for anyone who would like instant access to the full event recordings. Simply use THIS LINK to register and the recording information will be sent to you in your registration confirmation email. Registration prices are as follows:
MEMBERS
RETIRED/STUDENT/LIFE MEMBERS: FREE
EMERGING OR INDEPENDENT PRACTITIONERS: $25
MEMBERS WITH INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT: $50
NON-MEMBERS
RETIREES/STUDENTS: $25
EMERGING OR INDEPENDENT PRACTITIONERS: $50
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT: $100
INSTITUTIONS
PARTNER MEMBER INSTITUTION: $150
NON-PARTNER MEMBER INSTITUTION: $250
Pre-Symposium Webinar: An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence for Oral Historians
Monday, July 1, 2024 at 2pm Central Time
On July 1st, 2024 OHA put on a free pre-symposium webinar when AI in OH program committee members Steven Sielaff and James Fowler provided definitions, examples, and oral history tie-ins for the world of artificial intelligence. Whether you are completely new to the world of AI or have already delved into its applications for the oral history process, this webinar will serves as a great primer for the content discussed in the week-long AI in OH Symposium.
Runtime: 1 hour of instruction, followed by 30 minutes of Q&A
If you have any questions about the symposium, please reach out to AI in OH program co-chairs Steven Sielaff (steven_sielaff@baylor.edu) & Sarah Milligan (sarah.milligan@okstate.edu).
If you have any administrative questions about the registration portal or recording links, please reach out to OHA’s Program Associate Hailey Vinson at oha@oralhistory.org.
Download and share the official symposium flyer and bookmark PDFs!
Check back with us at this page for future news and updates: https://oralhistory.org/ai
