Pierre Bourdieu
philosopher · 3 mentions across 3 readings
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Bourdieu appears in these readings as a theorist whose work on non-economic forms of value and symbolic power allows the course to frame AI not as a neutral tool but as a mechanism for redistributing social and cultural authority. His conceptual apparatus—particularly the notion that systems of classification and knowledge production are inherently political—underpins the argument that AI's real stakes lie not in technical performance but in how it structures hierarchies of prestige, expertise, and legitimacy. The excerpts suggest his ideas enable a critique of AI as a "political project" that disguises power relations behind claims of objectivity and efficiency.
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