Today, the Association of Research Libraries and the Coalition for Networked Information have released a deluxe and final (at least for now) version of the 2035 Scenarios: Ai-Influenced Futures for the Research Environment. This includes some important additional revisions to the scenario set that we released earlier, and a considerable amount of background material on the strategic context and interviews with some of the key thinkers who helped the joint ARL/CNI task force to stretch its thinking in the construction of the scenarios.

All the material can be found at

https://doi.org/10.29242/report.aiscenarios2024

I hope that you find this material helpful, both in providing insights into possible future implications of these technologies, and perhaps as a tool for structuring conversations about future strategies in organizations you engage with.

My thanks, once again, to everyone who contributed to the development and refinement of these scenarios.

Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI