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AI as Social Technology

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Date & Time

Wed, 20 May 2026

17:30

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About this event

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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