@anttipeltola I believe that it's more complex than that - "AI" is not always a scam: it's a massive re-arrangement of the dynamics of knowledge.
It's a sociology of knowledge thing, The paper below describes some of the dynamics that I mean. So called "AI" is ultra-normative.
Bailon-Moreno, Rafael, et al. "The pulsing structure of science: Ortega y Gasset, Saint Matthew, fractality and transfractality." Scientometrics 71.1 (2007): 3-24.
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https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/204359721.pdf
@petersuber @[email protected] The legal anti-trust complaint against the six dominant science-publishers organized in the STM is well worth reading. It also explains how the research community got there. I hold that there would be more to say about the economy and the ecology of science as social systems. A lot has happened since Popper, who described, essentially, a linear system of merit, or Kuhn, who described simple social system dynamics.
@irenes @jonny All curated knowledge is associated to one power structure or another. Viable believe systems get copied, but rarely because of the things that don't serve a power structure.
Don't get me wrong: an individual isn't necessarily looking for power when exploring space in the dimensions of knowledge. Once it's been found, however, it needs a social structure to maintain and defend it. Unless, of course, one sees the dialectical nature of knowledge. #sociologyofknowledge
@drulum I understand the load of the stack very well - I try to alter between "dive deep" and "fly wide". Some stacks my just sit there until I find a different angle.
Pointers:
#SociologyOfKnowledge: Berger, The Social Construction of Reality (good starting point)
#Institutions: DiMaggio, Paul J., and Walter W. Powell. "The iron cage revisited: Institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields." American sociological review (1983): 147-160.
https://www.enriquedans.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/The_Iron_Cage_Revisted_Institutional_Isomorphism_a.pdf
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