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Toward Cross-disciplinary Consensus About Our (Mis)Information Environment

Nov 2, 2023

Angela Aristidou, a CASBS fellow, and Phil Howard, a renowned scholar of tech innovation, discuss the challenges of understanding and regulating our information ecosystems, interdisciplinary collaboration, the impact of the information environment, AI language models, and more.

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Phil Howard

Angela Aristidou

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Quick takeaways

Promoting cross-disciplinary collaboration is crucial for addressing social problems and improving public life.

AI can facilitate scientific consensus-building by helping experts identify points of agreement and surfacing global research.

Deep dives

AI governance as a practical matter for the social science community

In this podcast episode, two scholars, Angelo Aristudu and Phil Howard, discuss the practical implications of AI governance for the social science community. They explore the need for cross-disciplinary collaboration and testing of measures and countermeasures for causal effects. The conversation also delves into the concept of AI voice rights and the challenges social scientists face when using AI to find consensus about the use of AI itself.

Introduction

4min

The Influence of CASPIS and Volleyball

4min

Promoting Interdisciplinary Collaboration

3min

Challenges of Organizing an International Project

20min

Voice Rights vs Decision Rights

5min

Analyzing the Impact of the Information Environment

3min

Promises and Threats of AI Language Models

10min

Fully understanding and regulating our complex information ecosystems will require creating new cultures and modes of collaborating, new organizational frameworks and, yes, working with generative AI models in service of aggregating actionable scientific knowledge. Angela Aristidou (CASBS fellow, 2022-23) navigates the crucial questions and challenges with Phil Howard (CASBS fellow, 2008-09), a renowned scholar of tech innovation and public policy as well as co-founder and chair of the new International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE).

PHIL HOWARD:

University of Oxford page | Wikipedia page | Personal website |

INTERNATIONAL PANEL ON THE INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT:

Website | Oxford article on IPIE | New York Times article on IPIE |

ANGELA ARISTIDOU

UCL School of Management page | CASBS page | UCL article on AA | on ResearchGate |