This piece by @alondra.bsky.social is so important in its vision of what's at stake for the social sciences in figuring out what's happening in this AI crisis, how to study it, and how to use AI in doing so. Both fully sober about the dangers and amazingly optimistic re what could go right.
Uses of advanced artificial intelligence are changing how societies organize labor, govern, produce knowledge, and make meaning. In light of these developments, this essay argues that AI models, tools...