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/
https://florian-jaton.com/
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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October 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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...
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
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Editorial Board: Big Data & Society: Sage Journals
The editorial board of Big Data & Society
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September 8, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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
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#academiccommunitywork
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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!
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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September 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
🤸🏼♂️ 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!
En accès libre ici: journals.openedition.org/rac/38445
Bonne lecture!
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...
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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August 28, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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...
L’actualité venant chaque jour confirmer cette dérive, je mets à disposition une lecture gratuite de ce texte: florian-jaton.com/resources/ja...
📣 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...
Available here: doi.org/10.1007/s442...
July 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
📣 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...
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...
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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June 14, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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...
www.letemps.ch/opinions/deb...
Deadline extended until Sunday, May 18!!
Submit your papers here: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
Much looking forward!
Submit your papers here: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
Much looking forward!
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!
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!
May 13, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Deadline extended until Sunday, May 18!!
Submit your papers here: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
Much looking forward!
Submit your papers here: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
Much looking forward!
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Deadline extended! 😁 submit here ---> sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
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! 🤗
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! 🤗
May 13, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Deadline extended! 😁 submit here ---> sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
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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! 🤗
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! 🤗
May 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
10 days left to submit your papers, folks!
sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
We look forward to seeing you in Zurich!
sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
We look forward to seeing you in Zurich!
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!
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!
April 30, 2025 at 6:44 AM
10 days left to submit your papers, folks!
sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
We look forward to seeing you in Zurich!
sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
We look forward to seeing you in Zurich!
Reposted by Florian Jaton
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! 🤗
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! 🤗
April 15, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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! 🤗
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!
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!
April 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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!
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...
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
tecnoscienza.unibo.it
February 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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...
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...
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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 ⬇️
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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February 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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 ⬇️
Disponible sur le compte Vimeo du médialab ⬇️
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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 👇
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Avec @flojaton.bsky.social, @aureliebiancarelli.bsky.social, @cedricdurand.bsky.social, @vtiberj.bsky.social et bien d'autres!
(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
silogora.org
February 11, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🔍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!
(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!
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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/
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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February 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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/
It's virtual, so everyone welcome! More details here: www.yorku.ca/research/its/
Reposted by Florian Jaton
Deadline extended until February 16! 🤺
Submit your panel here: express.converia.de/frontend/ind...
Submit your panel here: express.converia.de/frontend/ind...
February 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Deadline extended until February 16! 🤺
Submit your panel here: express.converia.de/frontend/ind...
Submit your panel here: express.converia.de/frontend/ind...
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10 days left! ✊
Submit here: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
Submit here: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
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!
January 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
10 days left! ✊
Submit here: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
Submit here: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
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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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January 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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 :)
Haraway + Chuang Tzu (!) + ethnographies of algorithm construction work (+ bits of ethnopsychiatry-related stuff) = quite a strange piece I've just submitted 😅
January 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Haraway + Chuang Tzu (!) + ethnographies of algorithm construction work (+ bits of ethnopsychiatry-related stuff) = quite a strange piece I've just submitted 😅
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!
January 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Reposted by Florian Jaton
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!
January 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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!
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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
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
January 9, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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
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
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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
www.literature.uni-konstanz.de
November 20, 2024 at 9:35 AM
See you soon Konstanz friends! If anybody is in the area come drop by.
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“An Exchange on Artificial Intelligence
Hubert Dreyfus and John Haugeland”, reply by Bernard Williams (1974) www.nybooks.com/articles/197...
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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November 20, 2024 at 10:59 AM
“An Exchange on Artificial Intelligence
Hubert Dreyfus and John Haugeland”, reply by Bernard Williams (1974) www.nybooks.com/articles/197...
Hubert Dreyfus and John Haugeland”, reply by Bernard Williams (1974) www.nybooks.com/articles/197...