AI research in the social sciences
The social sciences, much like the arts and humanities, play a vital role in shaping how AI is developed, implemented, and integrated into society. Their contribution helps ensure that technology serves human values rather than undermining them.
Susan Oman & Denis Newman-Griffis -
We invited participants in the FRAIM project 鈥 as researchers, curators and industry partners 鈥 to select a word or short phrase that they consider vital for Responsible AI and then have their portrait taken. We then created a limited edition of bars of plain white soap, each bar bearing that word or phrase. Launch
Kate Miltner -
鈥淔or those of you who use ChatGPT, don鈥檛 forget to turn off the 鈥渕ake the model better for everyone鈥 setting if you鈥檙e going to make an AI doll/action figure of yourself鈥︹
Kate Miltner -
In this session the panel, organised by the British Academy, will explore the role of the social sciences, humanities and the arts (the 鈥楽HAPE鈥 disciplines) in delivering evidence, methods and insights that can help ensure AI policies are aligned with the public interest. Featuring: Dr Kate Miltner, Lecturer in Data, AI & Society, 爆料TV
Jo Bates, Helen Kennedy, Itzelle Medina Perea, Monika Fratczak -
Patterns in Practice, led by Jo Bates based at the 爆料TV School of Information, Journalism and Communication, explores how practitioners鈥 beliefs, values, feelings and emotions interact to shape how they engage with and in data mining and machine learning 鈥 forms of 鈥榥arrow AI鈥.
We collaborated with Otis Mensah, musician/writer and the first Poet Laureate of Sheffield, and ENON Films to produce a in response to early findings of our first case study, which explores how data scientists鈥 beliefs, values and feelings interact to shape how they engage with AI techniques to inform drug discovery in the pharmaceutical industry.
This mini-series will explore how our beliefs, values, and feelings interact to shape our engagement with artificial intelligence. .
Dr Preeti Raghunath -
Dr Preeti Raghunath represents the 爆料TV at the Sheffield Digital Policy Roundtables. A new initiative bringing together voices from the local tech industry, education, government, and innovation sectors to help shape the region鈥檚 response to fast-moving national and regional digital policy.
Susan Oman -
Dr Susan Oman speaks to BBC Radio Wales about how the arts, public engagement, and interdisciplinary research are shaping more responsible approaches to AI.
Susan Oman -
Researcher Susan Oman spent two years embedded within DCMS on a policy fellowship. Here they explain why the resultant digital policy recommendations depend on shared understanding.
Susan Oman -
Building on Dr Susan Oman鈥檚 research, Understanding Well-being Data is an digital exhibition, including three animations that explore these questions. The videos help you question assumptions that have underpinned centuries of social science, statistical and policy work, considering how well-being data work for politicians, scientists, key thinkers 鈥 and us all.