Measuring and Shaping the Effects of AI on Society

Online conference by Siddharth Suri, computational social scientist at Microsoft Research, and fellow for a one-month writing residency in June 2026 at the Paris IAS as part of the "Paris IAS Ideas" series.

The "Paris IAS Ideas" online lecture series offers short and stimulating presentations by researchers from the Paris Institute for Advanced Studies, marking the start of their month-long writing residency.

Session exclusively online and in English.
Free upon registration.
Registration is required via the form at the bottom of the page to receive the login link.

Presentation

The recent emergence of large language models (LLMs) has empowered machines to perform tasks that were previously difficult—or even impossible—to accomplish on their own. These models can generate novel digital artifacts, including text, images, and code, enabling fundamentally new forms of interaction with digital information. Crucially, these capabilities are now globally accessible to anyone with an internet connection, marking LLMs as a transformative, general-purpose technology with far-reaching societal implications. This research project will examine one critical domain of AI’s societal impact—such as education, the economy, or health—and develop empirical measures to better understand and guide these effects toward broadly positive and equitable outcomes.