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This research group shines the sociological spotlight on artificial intelligence, to answer questions such as:

How can sociology help us understand the rise of AI and its attendant problematics?
What can our theory say about the empirical data around AI, and what can the empirical data around AI say about our theory?
What do we think about the use of or resistance to AI in relation to the production of sociological knowledge?
What are the broader consequences of sociological arguments about AI for users, technologists, policy-makers, and neo-Luddites?

Convenors and contact

Co-convened by Professor Ella McPherson (em310@cam.ac.uk) and Professor Patrick Baert (pjnb100@cam.ac.uk)

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Upcoming meetings

November 20^th, 12:30-1:30 in the Sociology Boardroom.

We will be discussing “Dialogues Towards Sociologies of Generative AI”, co-authored by six of us in the Department of Sociology and in press. Request a copy here: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/36d8987a-95ac-4eb9-adf8-2e5195322951