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Accelerating AI field signal Signal 10h ago

Ai social sciences

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Justin Hendrix Alison Gopnik Henry Farrell Eileen Clancy 🧿

“In the Times this morning- Henry Farrell James Evans and I on why we desperately need the social sciences to understand AI and its impact , just at the moment when the admin is trying to destroy them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/o...”

“Why we need the social sciences to understand AI www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/o...”

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New AI field signal Analysis 15h ago
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AI as social science field essay

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

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Alondra Nelson Luke Stark Henry Farrell Social Media Lab Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo

“Yes. www.amacad.org/publication/...”

“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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Established AI field signal Signal 3d ago

journals.sagepub.com

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Henry Farrell

“this is a very interesting piece. The counterargument, made by people like Anton Leicht, is that data centers are very expensive, immovable and vulnerable to state action (see also journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...). The counter-counter is the (rhetorica…”

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Henry Farrell: this is a very interesting piece. The counterargument, made by people like Anton Leicht, is that data centers are very expensive, immovable and vulnerable to state action (see also journals.sagepub…
Robin Berjon: I was also thinking of Kathy Thelen & JS Tan with a similar argument (which I can't seem to find again). But then again, so are military bases. The idea that localisation increases sovereignty (if …
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