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AI as Social Technology
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Date & Time
Wed, 20 May 2026
17:30
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Discover how AI influences social structures in this Astor Lecture by Henry Farrell.
Why you should come
AI-powered• Hear Henry Farrell explain AI's role as a social technology.
• Understand how AI systems relate to markets and democracy.
Event Highlights
- •Astor Lecture by Professor Henry Farrell
- •Debate on AI Large Language Models as 'normal technology' or epochal change
- •Discussion on AI as a social technology reorganising social relations
Speakers
Henry Farrell
SNF Agora Institute Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Pepper Culpepper
Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Blavatnik Chair in Government and Public Policy
Programme
17:30 - 18:30
AI as Social Technology
Organized by: Blavatnik School of Government
Contact: enquiries@bsg.ox.ac.uk
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