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Florian Jaton @flojaton.bsky.social · 2d

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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STS-CH @sts-ch.bsky.social · 26d

Such an amazing conference in beautiful Zurich! Big THANKS to all the contributors!
See you soon, and have a safe trip home 😘
#STSCH25

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Florian Jaton @flojaton.bsky.social · Jun 14

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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Florian Jaton @flojaton.bsky.social · May 13

Deadline extended until Sunday, May 18!!
Submit your papers here: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/
Much looking forward!

Florian Jaton @flojaton.bsky.social · Apr 14

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!

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STS-CH @sts-ch.bsky.social · May 13

Until Sunday, May 18

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STS-CH @sts-ch.bsky.social · May 13

Deadline extended! 😁 submit here ---> sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/

STS-CH @sts-ch.bsky.social · May 7

2 days left to submit your papers, #STS friends!
sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/

STS-CH @sts-ch.bsky.social · Apr 15

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! 🤗

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STS-CH @sts-ch.bsky.social · May 7

2 days left to submit your papers, #STS friends!
sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/

STS-CH @sts-ch.bsky.social · Apr 15

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! 🤗

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Tanja Schneider @taschn.bsky.social · Apr 30

🗓️ The next #STS Switzerland conference will take place in Zurich on 10-12 Sept. 2025!

Join @loicriom.bsky.social and me for our panel on:

💥What Holds #Startups Together? Exploring Infrastructures, Places, and Knowledge💥

🔗 sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/

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STS-CH Conference 2025

Holding things together? Change, continuity, critique Conference date: Sept 10 – 12, 2025Venues in Zurich: University of Zurich, ETH, ZHdKKeynotes by Brit Ross Winthereik and Hannah Rogers Sp…

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Florian Jaton @flojaton.bsky.social · Apr 30

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 · Apr 14

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!

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STS-CH @sts-ch.bsky.social · Apr 15

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! 🤗

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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · Apr 14

🚨Call for papers🚨

@jenshaelterlein.bsky.social and I are organizing a panel on "STS and International Security: Towards Convergence?" for the 2025 @sts-ch.bsky.social conference in Zurich (10-12 Sep)

all panel info in the image; submit here: tinyurl.com/5dt72uxa

please distribute widely!

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Florian Jaton @flojaton.bsky.social · Apr 14

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!

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STS-CH @sts-ch.bsky.social · Apr 14

Thanks for your message!
Our platform was a little slow to update 🫣...
But it's all sorted now. You can submit papers here: express.converia.de/frontend/ind...
Looking forward to seeing you in Zurich!

Call for Papers – STS-CH Conference 2025

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STS-CH @sts-ch.bsky.social · Mar 12

Hello friends! Just at the #STS-Hub in Berlin (sts-hub.de/25/). Who's here from our Swiss STS crew?

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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · Feb 20

Call for papers: "Tech Oligarchy" Forum by @sciasculture.bsky.social

#bigtech #sts #oligarchy #Trump #ElonMusk

think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Science as Culture Forum on “Tech Oligarchy”

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Sciences Po médialab @medialab-scpo.bsky.social · Feb 11

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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STS @ YorkU @stsyorku.bsky.social · Feb 4

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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STS-CH @sts-ch.bsky.social · Feb 4

Deadline extended until February 16! 🤺
Submit your panel here: express.converia.de/frontend/ind...

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STS-CH @sts-ch.bsky.social · Jan 28

😔
Digital daemons, nymphs and hydras,
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Cry for our friend, Nicolas Nova
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Tribute here: sts-ch.org/news/

News

Nicolas Nova (1977–2024) It is with immense sadness that we learned of the passing of our colleague Nicolas Nova on December 31st. Nicolas was a professor at the Geneva University of Art and Design…

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STS-CH @sts-ch.bsky.social · Jan 28

If you want to get nerdy and read about the reconfiguration of the social and political tenets of precision oncology happening at the crossroad of immunology and genomics, check out the new paper just published on SSS by Luca Chiapperino, Nils Graber and Francesco Panese! doi.org/10.1177/0306...

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Loïc Riom @loicriom.bsky.social · Jan 27

🚀 New article out! 🚀

How are musiques actuelles subsidized in French-speaking Switzerland?

🔍 Subsidizing ‘musiques actuelles’ in French-speaking Switzerland: mapping policy instruments and local arrangements

📖 Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#MusicPolicy #CulturalFunding

Subsidizing ‘musiques actuelles’ in French-speaking Switzerland: mapping policy instruments and local arrangements

In this article, we examine public subsidies for musiques actuelles (popular music) in French-speaking Switzerland. Drawing on mixed-methods research focusing on the 2017–2019 period, we employ the...

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STS-CH @sts-ch.bsky.social · Jan 23

Only 7 more days to apply to the Swiss-STS conference this September in Zurich. Aptly titled "Holding things together?
Change, continuity, critique" -- in times of various deepening fractions, lets meet and share how to hold this all together: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/

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STS-CH @sts-ch.bsky.social · Jan 22

10 days left! ✊
Submit here: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/

STS-CH @sts-ch.bsky.social · Jan 9

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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STS-CH @sts-ch.bsky.social · Jan 17

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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Florian Jaton @flojaton.bsky.social · Jan 9

A resolutely #STS conference in train-friendly Zurich!
To submit, go here: sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/

STS-CH @sts-ch.bsky.social · Jan 9

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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