AI as Social Actor: A Lacanian Investigation into Social Technology

M Heimann, AF Hübener - Journal of Digital Social Research, 2023 - jdsr.se
Given the social and political influence of social networks, which are often structured and
organized by what today falls under the umbrella term artificial intelligence, we seek to …

Algorithmic unconscious: why psychoanalysis helps in understanding AI

LM Possati - Palgrave Communications, 2020 - nature.com
The central hypothesis of this paper is that the concepts and methods of psychoanalysis can
be applied to the study of AI and human/AI interaction. The paper connects three research …

“Blessed by the algorithm”: Theistic conceptions of artificial intelligence in online discourse

B Singler - AI & society, 2020 - Springer
Abstract “My first long haul flight that didn't fill up and an empty row for me. I have been
blessed by the algorithm”. The phrase 'blessed by the algorithm'expresses the feeling of …

[PDF][PDF] A Lacanian perspective on artificial intelligence

P Kamath - Communications and New Media Department, 2020 - purnimakamath.com
The contemporary research landscape in the domain of artificial intelligence is based on a
cybernetic focused, feedback and feedforward approach. Such approaches mandate these …

A social science perspective on artificial intelligence: Building blocks for a research agenda

S Lindgren, J Holmström - Journal of Digital Social Research (JDSR), 2020 - diva-portal.org
In this article, we discuss and outline a research agenda for social science research on
artificial intelligence. We present four overlapping building blocks that we see as keys for …

Secret agents: A psychoanalytic critique of artificial intelligence and machine learning

C Apprich - Digital Culture & Society, 2018 - degruyter.com
Abstract “Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Intelligence”(GOFAI), which was based on a
symbolic information-processing model of the mind, has been superseded by neural …

Introduction: Critical Insights—Bringing the social sciences and humanities to AI

A Hanemaayer - Artificial Intelligence and Its Discontents: Critiques from …, 2022 - Springer
On what basis can we challenge Artificial Intelligence (AI)—its infusion, investment, and
implementation across the globe? This question is being asked across the humanities and …

[PDF][PDF] The Stainless Gaze of Artificial Intelligence: A Lacanian Examination of Surveillance and Smart Architecture

M Heimann, AF Hübener - The European Journal of …, 2023 - researchgate.net
This study looks at the phenomenon of surveillance through AI. The Lacanian big Other is
central to this surveillance problem, not only in the paranoiac who assumes that someone is …

Technology as (dis-) enchantment. AlphaGo and the meaning-making of artificial intelligence

W Binder - Cultural Sociology, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
As a social phenomenon, artificial intelligence (AI) is not just technically but also culturally
constructed. This article investigates the meaning-making of AI in the case of AlphaGo by …

Structured like a language model: Analysing AI as an automated subject

L Magee, V Arora, L Munn - Big Data & Society, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Drawing from the resources of psychoanalysis and critical media studies, in this article we
develop an analysis of large language models (LLMs) as 'automated subjects'. We argue the …