[Commlist] cfp: Self-(un)-fulfilling Prophecy: Navigating the Ambiguity of Gen AI - Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)

Call for Papers

Title: “Self-(un)-fulfilling Prophecy: Navigating the Ambiguity of Gen AI”

Open Panel #59  at the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)

Seattle, Washington, September 3 – 7 2025


Application

Deadline: January 31st

Submission: https://www.4sonline.org/call_for_submissions_seattle.php

Contact: (maxime.harvey /at/ inrs.ca)


Organizers: Maxime Harvey, Etienne Grenier, Nicolas Chartier Edwards, INRS.


Short Abstract (See attachment for the long format abstract.)

The introduction of AI models into a variety of milieux and practices 
created a ripple effect that destabilized social orders. Despite the 
promise-driven economy of the technological sector, the gospel of wealth 
preached by its spokespeople still remains an unfulfilled prophecy. How 
do organizations and individuals, whether within the realm of politics, 
culture, economy or science, adapt to the current flow of generative AI 
deployment?

This panel aims to study how groupings, whether political, cultural, 
scientific or economic, respond to the prophecies of AI inside their own 
operations. It specifically addresses how such groupings adapt to 
GenAI’s reverberations, whether they are structuring or destructuring, 
or both, and how sociology can study these moments of ambiguous 
reconfiguration. Taking the form of a traditional open panel, we welcome 
contributions from a wide variety of disciplines to further the 
understanding of GenAI’s transversal deployment and consequence.


Guidelines

Submissions to open panels should be presented in the form of abstracts 
of up to 250 words. Your abstract should include a brief description of 
the main arguments, methods and contributions to STS. It should clearly 
state how your submission connects to the open panel as well as the 
broader conference theme.

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