The Method of Critical AI Studies, A Propaedeutic

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2411.18833v2
• Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 19:11:52 GMT
• Title: The Method of Critical AI Studies, A Propaedeutic
• Authors: Fabian Offert, Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal,
• Abstract summary: We outline some common methodological issues in the field of critical AI studies. We call for, and point towards, a future set of methodologies that might take into account existing strengths in the humanistic close analysis of cultural objects.
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• Abstract: We outline some common methodological issues in the field of critical AI studies, including a tendency to overestimate the explanatory power of individual samples (the benchmark casuistry), a dependency on theoretical frameworks derived from earlier conceptualizations of computation (the black box casuistry), and a preoccupation with a cause-and-effect model of algorithmic harm (the stack casuistry). In the face of these issues, we call for, and point towards, a future set of methodologies that might take into account existing strengths in the humanistic close analysis of cultural objects.

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