Amy Brand is Director and Publisher of the MIT Press, a role she has held since 2015. A cognitive scientist by training, she earned her PhD from MIT and has held leadership roles at CrossRef, Harvard, and Digital Science. She is a co-creator of the CRediT taxonomy, a founding member of the ORCID Board, and producer of the documentaryPicture a Scientist. Brand is widely recognized for her contributions to research infrastructure, scholarly communication, and equity in science. Her honors include the Council of Science Editors Award and the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Gold Award.
The MIT Press surveyed book authors on attitudes towards LLM training practices. In Part 2 of this 2 part post, we discuss recommendations for stakeholders to avoid unintended harms and preserve core scientific and academic values.
The MIT Press surveyed book authors on attitudes towards LLM training practices. In Part 1 of this 2 part post, we discuss the results: authors are not opposed to generative AI per se, but they are strongly opposed to unregulated, extractive practices and worry about the long-term impacts of unbridled generative AI development on the scholarly and scientific enterprise.
Amy Brand from MIT Press and the Crossref Board of Directors offers her thought on this crucial moment in the evolution of Crossref and the scholarly communications infrastructure.