CFP: Critical Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence (RN24)
EUROPE AND BEYOND: BOUNDARIES, BARRIERS AND BELONGING
14th Conference of the European Sociological Association
20-23 August 2019, Manchester / UK
During the past few years artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning
platforms have become a hot topic in numerous fields of application and
development. From the financial sector to medicine, and law, AI is seen to
become a 'revolutionary' force that will fundamentally alter our lives and the
way we work and understand the world around us. At the same time, critics
point out that current AI developments are not revolutionary, but rather
disguise human bias into programming in new ways which we do not yet fully
understand. This bias is seen to introduce new forms of discrimination and
segregation into everyday life that is increasingly difficult to identify. The
use of Ai also generates a strong need for the development of new professional
skills, both in the professions which use AI in their work, but also amongst
those who seek to study it critically as a social phenomenon. Both theoretical
and empirically embedded papers are welcome.
We invite abstracts of no more than 300 words to this special set of sessions
of RN24 which explore recent developments in AI and machine learning from a
sociological perspective by February 1 (https://www.conftool.pro/esa2019/).
For further information: Aaro Tupasela
(aaro.tupasela@helsinki.fi) and Heta
Tarkkala (heta. tarkkala@helsinki.fi)
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