Large-scale qualitative analysis (AI-assisted content analysis): the example of Socioscope.

Lecture by Saadi Lalhou, Director of the Paris IAS, and Helga Nowothny, Professor Emeritus of Science and Technology Studies at ETH Zurich, as part of the seminar "Social Sciences and Artificial Intelligence" organised by EHESS.

Open to the public

Presentation

This seminar invites interdisciplinary reflection on artificial intelligence, which can be approached both as a research topic in its own right and as a set of tools for use in the social sciences. It proposes to establish a think tank on these techniques and their applications, following on from the one set up by the PRI social sciences and artificial intelligence for the period 2019-2022 and the one we ran last year.

The seminar has three objectives: firstly, it aims to build a shared scientific culture around AI by opening up the black box through fruitful dialogue with researchers in the field. Secondly, it provides a forum for discussing social science research on AI from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, ranging from literary analysis to approaches to the history of science, sociology and anthropology. Finally, it aims to raise awareness of the different ways in which the social sciences are using these techniques in research projects in order to open up discussion on the opportunities and implications of these uses in social science research.

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