4410 - Artificial Feelings: The Politics and Perceptions of AI

Session Submission Type: Paper Session 100min

Description

This panel will examine the sociological implications of artificial intelligence, including both culture and politics. How do AI agents impact the apprehension and performance of emotion? What social benefits might AI augur and what new norms or regulations may be needed to shape a beneficial future? What challenges does the expansion of AI pose to civil rights and social justice? Papers are invited that draw on insights, theories and frameworks from the sociology of science, knowledge, and technology to explore the impact of AI and related technologies in the US and abroad.

Sub Unit

• Section on Science, Knowledge, and Technology / Artificial Feelings: The Politics and Perceptions of AI

Session Organizer

• Alondra Nelson, Columbia University and Social Science Research Council

Presider

• Thomas F. Gieryn, Indiana University

Individual Presentations

• The Role of Intellectuals in the Formation and Propagation of Risk Perception on Artificial Intelligence - Hugo Neri, University of Cambridge

• The Educational Expert in a World of Artificial Intelligence - Shreeharsh Kelkar, University of California-Berkeley

• The Power of Witnessing Work: AI and What Humans Do for Each Other - Allison Pugh, University of Virginia

• The Algorithm at Work: Algorithmic Expertise and the Construction of Meaning in Art Data - Sarah E. Sachs, Columbia University

Discussant

• Steve G. Hoffman, University of Toronto