Florian Jaton
@flojaton.bsky.social
sociologist of science, technology & computing #sts; author of The Constitution of Algorithms @mitpress.bsky.social; mostly @EPFL; editorial board @bigdatasoc.bsky.social and Social Studies of Science https://florian-jaton.com/
🏄 New publication! 🏄 Or rather, a series of reflections on a book that left quite a strong impression on me: Middle Tech – Software Work and the Culture of Good Enough (Princeton University Press, 2024) by the digital sociologist and ethnographer Paula Bialski. journals.openedition.org/rac/41398
🤸 Nouvelle publication 🤸 La première d'une série, co-écrite avec Marc Lenglet, qui tente de réconcilier les vues cyber-modernistes et éco-critiques sur ce que les algorithmes – et par extension la dite 'intelligence artificielle' – peuvent faire. ➡️ journals.openedition.org/socio-anthro...
🤗 EASST2026 in Kraków! 🤗 8-11 Sept 2026 Want to address AI’s repressed dependance to referential 'ground truth' datasets? Then submit an abstract to our panel here (deadline 9 March 2026): nomadit.co.uk/conference/e... We look forward to seeing you!
CB186: Ground truths and the epistemology of AI
The study of ground truth construction practices reveals the contingent, negotiated processes underlying AI's epistemological claims. This track pursues
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I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures". Open panel submissions portal is open! ls! Deadline: 2nd February 2026 www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...
About the Conference
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On entend beaucoup parler de chatGPT ces temps-ci, évidemment. Mais savez-vous d'où vient l'architecture algorithmique qui alimente ce type de chatbots? C'est ce que j'ai tenté de retracer lors d'une conférence récente @unil.bsky.social, à découvrir ici: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW6j...
Aux origines de ChatGPT: histoire d’une évolution algorithmique
YouTube video by Université de Lausanne
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So honored to join the editorial boards of @bigdatasoc.bsky.social and Social Studies of Science. And quite intimidating to be surrounded by so many prestigious scholars! 🫨 #academiccommunitywork journals.sagepub.com/editorial-bo... journals.sagepub.com/editorial-bo...
Editorial Board: Big Data & Society: Sage Journals
The editorial board of Big Data & Society
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🤸🏼♂️ Nouvelle publication 🤸🏽♀️ dans la Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances, sur un sujet à la fois de niche et de masse: la standardisation de la génomique computationnelle En accès libre ici: journals.openedition.org/rac/38445 Bonne lecture!
L’appel de l’ISO
Introduction Depuis au moins une trentaine d’années, des chercheur·euses en Science & Technology Studies (STS) ont décrit le rôle central des normes et des standards dans la construction et la diff...
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Il y a bientôt trois mois, le journal @letemps.ch publiait mon article d’opinion consacré à la dimension spéculative de l’industrie de l’IA générative. L’actualité venant chaque jour confirmer cette dérive, je mets à disposition une lecture gratuite de ce texte: florian-jaton.com/resources/ja...
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📣 New article out 📣 in the journal Digital Society, where I reflect on the relevance, limitation, and future challenges of studying algorithms through the lens of their referential 'ground truth' datasets Available here: doi.org/10.1007/s442...
Avec l'espoir de contribuer à une réflexion approndie (et si possible apaisée) sur l'industrie de l'IA générative.. www.letemps.ch/opinions/deb...
Intelligence artificielle générative, bulle spéculative? - Le Temps
OPINION. Comment se fait-il que nous restions muets et aveugles devant les fondamentaux économiques de l’IA générative qui ne sont pas bons?, écrit Florian Jaton, sociologue. Il faut cependant affront...
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Deadline extended until Sunday, May 18!! Submit your papers here: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/ Much looking forward!
Florian Jaton@flojaton.bsky.social · last yr.Hey #STS friends! Quick announcement for a great panel at the upcoming STS-CH 2025 conference in Zurich (Sept 10-12): 🔥🔥 Has critique of algorithms run out of steam? Social studies of AI, machine learning, and big data in questions 🔥🔥 To submit your papers: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/ Looking forward!
2 days left to submit your papers, #STS friends! sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
STS-CH@sts-ch.bsky.social · last yr.Dear #STS friends, Very happy to announce the Call for Papers for the upcoming STS-CH 2025 Conference, taking place from September 10–12, 2025, in Zurich! You can consult the list of panels, and much more, here: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/ We look forward to seeing you soon! 🤗
10 days left to submit your papers, folks! sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/ We look forward to seeing you in Zurich!
Florian Jaton@flojaton.bsky.social · last yr.Hey #STS friends! Quick announcement for a great panel at the upcoming STS-CH 2025 conference in Zurich (Sept 10-12): 🔥🔥 Has critique of algorithms run out of steam? Social studies of AI, machine learning, and big data in questions 🔥🔥 To submit your papers: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/ Looking forward!
Dear #STS friends, Very happy to announce the Call for Papers for the upcoming STS-CH 2025 Conference, taking place from September 10–12, 2025, in Zurich! You can consult the list of panels, and much more, here: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/ We look forward to seeing you soon! 🤗
Hey #STS friends! Quick announcement for a great panel at the upcoming STS-CH 2025 conference in Zurich (Sept 10-12): 🔥🔥 Has critique of algorithms run out of steam? Social studies of AI, machine learning, and big data in questions 🔥🔥 To submit your papers: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/ Looking forward!
AI madness still going strong, damn 🤦 To ward off lame conventional reflections on intelligence, autonomy, or singularity, more important than ever to (re)read Tommaso Venturini's thought experiment on Latour x AI 👊 tecnoscienza.unibo.it/article/view...
Bruno Latour and Artificial Intelligence | Tecnoscienza – Italian Journal of Science & Technology Studies
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Découvrez ou redécouvrez le séminaire "IA et référence performative : le cas du projet TESLA et des néoantigènes en immunothérapie personnalisée du cancer" avec @flojaton.bsky.social de @gvagrad.bsky.social Disponible sur le compte Vimeo du médialab ⬇️
IA et référence performative - Florian JATON
IA et référence performative par Florian JATON (Genève - Tech Hub)
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🔍Qu’y-a-t-il derrière l’IA? Retour sur le pouvoir algorithmique toujours plus présent dans nos vies. (Re)découvrez le Silomag#15 👇 silogora.org/silomag/le-p... Avec @flojaton.bsky.social, @aureliebiancarelli.bsky.social, @cedricdurand.bsky.social, @vtiberj.bsky.social et bien d'autres!
Le pouvoir algorithmique ~ SILO
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We have the wonderful Fabian Muniesa (@provokedeconomy.bsky.social) talking about his new book "Paranoid Finance" on Monday 10th Feb @ 11am EST It's virtual, so everyone welcome! More details here: www.yorku.ca/research/its/
Institute for Technoscience & Society - Institute for Technoscience & Society
Upcoming! ITS Virtual Seminar Series Welcome to the Institute for Technoscience & Society! Our goal is to create a global hub of critical and interdisciplinary research and information about the relat...
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Deadline extended until February 16! 🤺 Submit your panel here: express.converia.de/frontend/ind...
Home – STS-CH Conference 2025
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STS-CH@sts-ch.bsky.social · 2y agoPeeps! The call for Panels for the STS-CH Conference 2025 is now open! The conference titled “Holding Things Together? Change, Continuity, Critique” will take place from Sept. 10–12, 2025 in Zurich and is being co-hosted by @ethzurich.bsky.social @sociology-uzh.bsky.social @zhdk.bsky.social.Join us!
10 days left! ✊ Submit here: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
STS-CH@sts-ch.bsky.social · 2y agoPeeps! The call for Panels for the STS-CH Conference 2025 is now open! The conference titled “Holding Things Together? Change, Continuity, Critique” will take place from Sept. 10–12, 2025 in Zurich and is being co-hosted by @ethzurich.bsky.social @sociology-uzh.bsky.social @zhdk.bsky.social.Join us!
Any Swiss-STS folks heading to the German STS conference in Berlin in March? If so, ping us and let's meet up! Ps: the registration is free :)
STS-Hub 2025: Diffracting the Critical
The STS Hub 2025 'Diffracting the Critical' explores contemporary formations of critique in Science and Technology Studies (STS). Emphasizing feminist approaches, postcolonial studies, and more-than-h...
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Haraway + Chuang Tzu (!) + ethnographies of algorithm construction work (+ bits of ethnopsychiatry-related stuff) = quite a strange piece I've just submitted 😅
A resolutely #STS conference in train-friendly Zurich! To submit, go here: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
STS-CH@sts-ch.bsky.social · 2y agoPeeps! The call for Panels for the STS-CH Conference 2025 is now open! The conference titled “Holding Things Together? Change, Continuity, Critique” will take place from Sept. 10–12, 2025 in Zurich and is being co-hosted by @ethzurich.bsky.social @sociology-uzh.bsky.social @zhdk.bsky.social.Join us!
Peeps! The call for Panels for the STS-CH Conference 2025 is now open! The conference titled “Holding Things Together? Change, Continuity, Critique” will take place from Sept. 10–12, 2025 in Zurich and is being co-hosted by @ethzurich.bsky.social @sociology-uzh.bsky.social @zhdk.bsky.social.Join us!
Hi everybody! Greetings from STS-CH, your association for #STS in and through Switzerland! So happy to start chatting here (instead of you-know-where...) sts-ch.org
See you soon Konstanz friends! If anybody is in the area come drop by.
ZKF Public Talk: Good Enoughing. Care and Compromise in Corporate Software Work
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“An Exchange on Artificial Intelligence Hubert Dreyfus and John Haugeland”, reply by Bernard Williams (1974) www.nybooks.com/articles/197...
An Exchange on Artificial Intelligence | Hubert Dreyfus
To the Editors: Bernard Williams's review of What Computers Can't Do saddened me for the familiar reason that I felt he had missed the central point of my
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Hi there #STS friends! Looking forward to reading about your work here! (and not you-know-where) ⚡ 📖💥✍️💡📚