University of Western Ontario

SSC Virtual Seminar Series: Luke Stark, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario

Artificial Intelligence, Prediction, and the Conjectural Sciences

Wednesday, March 2, 2022


12:30 – 2:00 pm

*We will send the seminar link and password to registered participants.

Please RSVP to Joan Sharpe.

Abstract:

In this paper I argue ML-driven science involving certain categories of data is fundamentally “conjectural.” Such “conjectural science” produces conclusions reliant on post-facto interpretation: partial inductive...