This commentary argues that the conditions for sociological analysis of AI technologies have changed. Previously, sociologists understood AI and “intelligence” as bounded systems and, as a consequence, the key question was how machines might mimic human judgment. Today, there is a different problem as AI infrastructures are now widely diffused, aligned with concentrated private ownership and state procurement. This development was antipicated and advocated by a central text for techno-libertarians but one that is little known within sociological circles: James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg’s The Sovereign Individual (1997). This commentary returns to the core arguments of this text to consider what sociology can be “after AI”; in a world in which AI is now embedded in infrastructural frameworks that envelop the very institutions from which sociological critique can be launched.
This paper reconstructs the internal grammar of a corpus of 252 English-language critical texts, indicating that the deeper the challenge to the imaginary's conditions, the less it registers within the vocabulary the imaginary itself recognizes as valid.
Nurullah Karaca· İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyol...· 0 citations
Within EU governing body texts, the same discursive patterns that map agency and erase the middle ground of debate in AI are found, helping to marginalise alternative perspectives from other stakeholders and prevent nuanced understandings of potential harms.
Bríd-Áine Parnell· The International Journal of...· 0 citations
It is maintained that AI disrupts the traditional Westphalian principle of state sovereignty, arguing that true digital sovereignty requires more than technical infrastructure but a philosophically cohesive conception of collective self-determination in an increasingly interconnected world.
It is suggested that progress in research on democracy and AI depends not only on further empirical investigation or technical refinement, but also on sustained conceptual work that makes democratic assumptions explicit and thus open to scrutiny.
Joachim S. Wiewiura, A. Jørgensen, Thomas Ploug· Philosophy & Technology· 0 citations
Pluralism in economics is the view that modern approaches to studying economic phenomena are too restrictive. It is an important issue within the development of the discipline as many approaches that were once deemed to be outside the mainstream have now become part of the consensus, e.g. game theory, behavioural econo...
It is argued that AI-driven platforms often, even unintentionally, marginalize vulnerable groups—such as those in remote areas, senior citizens, individuals with impairments, and individuals with impairments.
Vadiya Alakbarzade· 0 citations
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