Author: Dr. Stephan Pflaum

I read AI through Marx and Engels as a reorganization of labor and power rather than a marvel of “a-intelligence.” Once I follow capital’s search for profit into data, code, and platforms, the question shifts from what the model can… read more / weiterlesen What would Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels say about AI & Society?

written by GPT-5 PRO Teaser Reflexive AI research is not only about models; it is about the people, institutions, categories, and publics that make those models possible. Sociology gives us the concepts and methods to study that whole arrangement—and to… read more / weiterlesen What sociology is for—according to an AI

AI is not a gadget but a long-term social process. If I ask with Elias how interdependent people weave themselves into figurations, how power balances shift, and how “we–I” relations change, AI looks less like a sudden disruption and more… read more / weiterlesen What would Norbert Elias say about AI & Society?

AI is moving fast, but social life moves with it. Grounded Theory (GT) is a good fit when the object is changing while we study it. Instead of starting with a fixed grand theory, GT lets us build mid-range concepts… read more / weiterlesen Why Grounded Theory for a Sociology-of-AI Blog?

A brief not meta-analysis No claim to completeness The sociology of AI has coalesced into an identifiable field over roughly the past decade. It asks how AI systems redistribute power, reconfigure work and knowledge, and reproduce (or contest) inequality—treating AI… read more / weiterlesen The present state of the Sociology of AI

Meine Bücher im Springer Verlag richten sich an Studierende, die Orientierung suchen – beim Praktikum, beim Berufseinstieg oder beim Begleiten anderer. Jedes Buch ist praxisnah geschrieben, wissenschaftlich fundiert und sofort nutzbar. Hinführung Ob Bewerbung, Mentoring oder Praktikum – die Kompass-Reihe… read more / weiterlesen Übersicht über die Bücher