I hope someone, somewhere has done a research project on #hermitcraft as an interesting look into creating liveable spaces together. 🧐 #minecraft #grian #mumbo #scar #sociology
a screenshot of a video game w...
I hope someone, somewhere has done a research project on #hermitcraft as an interesting look into creating liveable spaces together. 🧐 #minecraft #grian #mumbo #scar #sociology
a screenshot of a video game w...
Appunti di ricerca sulla evoluzione di dinamiche cooperative in società simulate con algoritmi genetici
In una società virtuale, composta da agenti artificiali che interagiscono secondo le regole del dilemma del prigioniero con iterazione, emergono complesse dinamiche e strategie di relazione.
Lo studio si ispira ai lavori di Robert Axelrod, un politologo della Università del Michigan che per primo sperimentò tornei tra automi capaci di giocare al Prisoner's Dilemma. Consentendo agli agenti artificiali di modificare la tabella di payoff di partenza, Genagents rappresenta una evoluzione di quelle sperimentazioni.
La sintesi del lavoro qui pubblicata si compone di una introduzione alla logica del Dilemma del Prigioniero con iterazione, una descrizione del modello matematico del sistema di simulazione preceduta da una breve introduzione alle teorie evoluzionistiche che lo hanno ispirato. Sono infine indicati i principali risultati sperimentali ottenuti e alcune riflessioni sui possibili scenari interpretativi in relazione a dinamiche osservabili nel mondo reale.
Appunti di ricerca sulla evoluzione di dinamiche cooperative in società simulate con algoritmi genetici
In una società virtuale, composta da agenti artificiali che interagiscono secondo le regole del dilemma del prigioniero con iterazione, emergono complesse dinamiche e strategie di relazione.
Lo studio si ispira ai lavori di Robert Axelrod, un politologo della Università del Michigan che per primo sperimentò tornei tra automi capaci di giocare al Prisoner's Dilemma. Consentendo agli agenti artificiali di modificare la tabella di payoff di partenza, Genagents rappresenta una evoluzione di quelle sperimentazioni.
La sintesi del lavoro qui pubblicata si compone di una introduzione alla logica del Dilemma del Prigioniero con iterazione, una descrizione del modello matematico del sistema di simulazione preceduta da una breve introduzione alle teorie evoluzionistiche che lo hanno ispirato. Sono infine indicati i principali risultati sperimentali ottenuti e alcune riflessioni sui possibili scenari interpretativi in relazione a dinamiche osservabili nel mondo reale.
New article on promoting the human in an AI world.
"This essay uses cyborg anthropology to model interactions between humans and artificial intelligence (ai) and highlights potential strengths and weaknesses of ai regarding learning and innovation. Informed by Haraway’s emphases on inequalities, we recognize ai is neither a separate nor superior form of intelligence, but a tool that augments human agency. Current examples of ai implementation in the civic, domestic, labor, and educational domains expose the potential of ai for biases and oppression as a human construct that reflects and affects the sociocultural and ethical values of its creators and users. These examples inform practical and ethical considerations for the development and use of ai in the future, including structured human-ai collaboration, promotion of human-ai literacy, respect for human dignity and rights, and addressing inherent biases and inequalities."
Wells, Joshua, and James M. Vanderveen. 2026. “ An Anthropological Understanding of Artificial Intelligence Transformations in Civic and Domestic Life, Labor, and Higher Education Through the Cybernetic Organism (Cyborg) Concept”. Maguaré 40 (1):157-84. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/maguare/article/view/124922
#anthropology #sociology #informatics #computerscience #artificialintelligence #cyborg #openaccess #highered #academicchatter
New article on promoting the human in an AI world.
"This essay uses cyborg anthropology to model interactions between humans and artificial intelligence (ai) and highlights potential strengths and weaknesses of ai regarding learning and innovation. Informed by Haraway’s emphases on inequalities, we recognize ai is neither a separate nor superior form of intelligence, but a tool that augments human agency. Current examples of ai implementation in the civic, domestic, labor, and educational domains expose the potential of ai for biases and oppression as a human construct that reflects and affects the sociocultural and ethical values of its creators and users. These examples inform practical and ethical considerations for the development and use of ai in the future, including structured human-ai collaboration, promotion of human-ai literacy, respect for human dignity and rights, and addressing inherent biases and inequalities."
Wells, Joshua, and James M. Vanderveen. 2026. “ An Anthropological Understanding of Artificial Intelligence Transformations in Civic and Domestic Life, Labor, and Higher Education Through the Cybernetic Organism (Cyborg) Concept”. Maguaré 40 (1):157-84. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/maguare/article/view/124922
#anthropology #sociology #informatics #computerscience #artificialintelligence #cyborg #openaccess #highered #academicchatter
I finally read this book about how W.E.B. #Dubois and colleagues challenged 19th and 20th century ideas and intuitions by visualizing data: https://amzn.to/49916Dz
Cheers to those who advance debate with clear, cogent, empirical arguments.
The Social Codes of Tech Workers: Class Identity in Digital Capitalism
#books #DigitalCapitalism #sociology
https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Social_Codes_of_Tech_Workers.html?id=jG5REQAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y
The Social Codes of Tech Workers: Class Identity in Digital Capitalism
#books #DigitalCapitalism #sociology
https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Social_Codes_of_Tech_Workers.html?id=jG5REQAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y
A new PhD programme “migration, time and urban inequalities” run by seven European universities (including @ruhr-uni-bochum.de) has 15 fully funded PhD positions open: https://www.migrationtime.eu/ #Sociology #CulturalAnthropology #SocialSciences #PoliticalScience
A new PhD programme “migration, time and urban inequalities” run by seven European universities (including @ruhr-uni-bochum.de) has 15 fully funded PhD positions open: https://www.migrationtime.eu/ #Sociology #CulturalAnthropology #SocialSciences #PoliticalScience
Together with the Helmuth Plessner Society, we are organizing a conference on Philosophical #Anthropology in Groningen on 22-23 January 2026.
The lectures will be held in English and participation is free of charge.
Programme and sign-up: https://www.rug.nl/library/collections/special-collections/calendar/20260123-plessner-conference?lang=en
Read about Plessner's time in Groningen and our Plessner archive: https://www.rug.nl/library/gauronica/blogposts/plessner
Picture: Plessner during a class. Copyrights: the Plessner estate.
Problems accumulate silently for decades because their effects are masked by the inertia of the system. But eventually, you hit an inflection point where mounting pressure forces a rapid phase transition. The status quo collapses overnight. That’s what Lenin meant about there being decades where nothing happens, and weeks where decades happen.
New video: Watch Ayse Guveli from the University of #Warwick in our #CPCCGWebinar from last week. She discussed the 2000 #Families and The Third Generation projects which aim to reveal the consequences and the long-term impact of #migration on #migrants from Turkey and on their three #generation #descendants by comparing them to their non-migrant counterparts in #Turkey:
https://youtu.be/Ngobm5I-mh0?si=TQ608VQkCa0wXayB&t=1
#demography #sociology #inequality #education #labourmarkets #genderroles #religiosity #assimilation
THIS WEEK - #CPCCGWebinar 27 Nov
🧑🏫 Ayse Guveli, Professor of #Sociology at the University of #Warwick, will discuss the consequences and long-term impact of #migration on #migrants using research from the 2000 #Families and The Third #Generation projects.
Register to join us online - all welcome: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/event_calendar/955/CPC_CG_Webinar__Ayse_Guveli
