Simon Lindgren

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Professor of Sociology at DIGSUM, Umeå University, Sweden. 
Latest book: ”Critical Theory of AI” (Polity Press). 

Research: Digital Media and Society • Critical Theory • Computational Methods • Discourse Analysis • Network Analysis.
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Simon LindgrenApr 29, 2024

My latest article "Tracing Class and Capitalism in Critical AI Research," with co-authors Petter Ericson and Roel Dobbe, reveals that while race and gender are commonly discussed in Critical AI Studies, class and capitalism issues are less prevalent, confined to a niche subfield. This highlights the need for integrating political economy critiques into AI research to fully address its socio-economic, ecological, and political implications.

Read it here: https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/1464

Tracing Class and Capital in Critical AI Research | tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society

Simon LindgrenApr 22, 2024
In this article, published today, me and lead author Emma Östin conducted a systematic, cross-national analysis using the Twitter Parliamentarian Database to examine how politicians in 10 countries use activism-related hashtags. Our research revealed that politicians may support, renegotiate, or even question the intent behind these hashtags, often aligning them with party-political ideologies or engaging with them in a way that subverts their original meaning.
Simon LindgrenFeb 26, 2024
Published today: @socmerrill's, Mattias Gardell's and my article on how 'the left' meme, focusing on the intriguing realm of r/DankLeft. We have analysed ~400 memes to uncover the themes, the role of taboo, and the emotional responses they provoke https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448241232144
Simon LindgrenFeb 1, 2024
This came in the mail today! Mine and @moaerikssonkrut’s new book on researching digital media and society. Developing and adapting these methods has been a collaborative journey, both with us at @digsum, and in the much wider community of like-minded scholars, nationally and internationally. We are crazy excited to now have been able to package it all in a fun book for undergrads and upward! 🐶📊🔍
Simon LindgrenOct 26, 2023
"Critical Theory of AI" now exists in the world.
Simon LindgrenOct 10, 2023
Looking forward to participating in this stellar panel on criticality in AI studies at the WASP-HS conference next month.
Simon LindgrenOct 9, 2023

Happy to announce the upcoming publication of my new book "Critical Theory of AI" with Polity Press. In this thread, I share the takeaway points from its first chapter ('AI and critical theory').

1. Technologies are political. AI is no exception.

Simon LindgrenSep 21, 2023
First round of proofs for mine and @moaerikssonkrut’s forthcoming book “Researching Digital Media and Society” https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/researching-digital-media-and-society/book281848
Researching Digital Media and Society

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Simon LindgrenApr 14, 2023
I made a python workflow for few-shot text classification https://github.com/simonlindgren/bambambam
#python #machinelearning
GitHub - simonlindgren/bambambam: Few-shot learning for text classification in Python

Few-shot learning for text classification in Python - GitHub - simonlindgren/bambambam: Few-shot learning for text classification in Python

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Simon LindgrenMar 6, 2023
In Finland this week as part of my Guest Professorship at Helsinki University, hosted by @jahapaula et al.