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Multiple readings Field Theory: AI as Social Science Question, Object & Tool Research & technical analysis · 2 attributable reactions Multiple readings State media control influences large language models | Nature Policy & governance · 4 attributable reactions
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New AI field signal Analysis 5h ago
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AI as social science field essay

Field Theory: AI as Social Science Question, Object & Tool

6 experts across 4 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Research & technical analysis reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Alondra Nelson
“Heartily endorsing this important piece! As I argued earlier this year, social research did not just emerge from a prior moment of social change, it did crucial sensemaking about that change, up to and including the present. That work must continue and be i…” evidence ↗
6 experts 4 communities 1 sources clustered
Alondra Nelson Luke Stark Henry Farrell Nancy Baym Social Media Lab Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo
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Multiple readings

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Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“Heartily endorsing this important piece! As I argued earlier this year, social research did not just emerge from a prior moment of social change, it did crucial sensemaking about that change, up to and including the present. That work must continue and be i…”

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“Food for thought... "Field Theory: AI as Social Science Question, Object & Tool" www.amacad.org/publication/...”

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Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo: "...W. E. B. Du Bois insisted that technological change could not be understood apart from relations of power, particularly those structured by race and empire." www.amacad.org/publication/...
Alondra Nelson: "...W. E. B. Du Bois insisted that technological change could not be understood apart from relations of power, particularly those structured by race and empire." www.amacad.org/publication/...
Alondra Nelson: Thank you for reading and sharing.
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State media influence LLM training paper

State media control influences large language models | Nature

8 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Research & technical analysis reaction 2 attributable expert contributions · Justin Hendrix, MilaNLP Lab
“Researchers from Oregon, Purdue, UC San Diego, NYU and Princeton ran six experiments. The overarching finding: state control of media in many countries is already baked into the training data of widely used commercial models, and is shaping the answers thos…” evidence ↗
8 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Justin Hendrix Luke Stark Gina Helfrich Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo Debora Nozza MilaNLP Lab René Walter B! 🐝 Cavello (they/them)
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“"...LLMs exhibit a stronger pro-government valence in the languages of countries with lower media freedom than in those with higher media freedom." www.nature.com/articles/s41...”

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“Researchers from Oregon, Purdue, UC San Diego, NYU and Princeton ran six experiments. The overarching finding: state control of media in many countries is already baked into the training data of widely used commercial models, and is shaping the answers thos…”

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VE, cybersocial occult investigator: Starting a conspiracy theory that the papal encyclical was actually trying to get ahead of and cement Catholicism as the official machine religion
René Walter: OMG www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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