The Bright and Dark Sides of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Its Potential Solutions

Wednesday, 9 July 2025: 15:00-16:45
Location: FSE036 (Faculty of Education Sciences (FSE))
WG10 Digital Sociology (host committee)

Language: English

Digital footprints are formed through active content creation, passive participation, and platform-generated data. Any part of our existence is transformed into information and distributed as a new form of value. Studies reveal that different socioeconomic groups may have systematic benefits or disadvantages as a result of their digital footprints.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) uses digital footprints to duplicate human tasks and cognitive processes. It uses machine learning (ML) to achieve optimal behaviors or logical reasoning.

The session invites critical algorithmic papers that address questions such as:

Can AI overcome marginalization, and exclusion of minority groups or people from low socioeconomic backgrounds? Why and how are AI systems producing bias, which may undermine digital equity? What opportunities do AI systems have to contribute to social good and solve societal problems? Can different AI governance acts (e.g., the EU AI Act) improve the interaction between humans and AI systems?

The format of the session is regular session.

Session Organizer:
Esther BRAININ, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel
Oral Presentations
Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Recommendations
Mine GENCEL BEK, Siegen University, Germany
ML-Based Annotation Outperforms Human Coder for Annotation Tasks: Not so Fast. an Analysis of Race Annotation for Youtube Using ML-Based, Standardized Human Coded and Qualitative Data
Claudia BUDER, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France; Chiara OSARIO KRAUTER, University of Potsdam, Germany; Aaron PHILIPP, University of Potsdam, Germany; Sarah WEISSMANN ANNA, University of Potsdam, Germany; Roland VERWIEBE, University of Vienna, Austria
News, Society, and Democracy: Framing Artificial Intelligence in Arabic Regional Media
Nael JEBRIL, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar
Distributed Papers
Bridging Social Gaps: The Impact of Digital Social Innovation through Living Labs
Fatima CANSECO LOPEZ, Spain; Marta MARTORELL CAMPS, i2CAT Foundation, Spain
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