This research group shines the sociological spotlight on artificial intelligence, to answer questions such as:
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How can sociology help us understand the rise of AI and its attendant problematics?
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What can our theory say about the empirical data around AI, and what can the empirical data around AI say about our theory?
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What do we think about the use of or resistance to AI in relation to the production of sociological knowledge?
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What are the broader consequences of sociological arguments about AI for users, technologists, policy-makers, and neo-Luddites?
Convenors and contact
Co-convened by Dr Ella McPherson and Professor Patrick Baert. Please sign up here to be notified of future meetings.
Upcoming meetings
Wednesday 6 November | 13.00 - 14.00 | Sociology Boardroom, Free School Lane
Wednesday 4 December | 13.00 - 14.00 | Sociology Seminar Room, Free School Lane
Past meetings
Tuesday 4 June 2024
All sociologists, students of sociology, and the sociologically-curious were invited to decide together on the scope and aims of the group.
Reading ‘Sociological Perspective on Artificial Intelligence’ by Dr Zheng Liu (a Cambridge Sociology alum!).