Concepts glossary

• 24 January 2023

  Sociotechnical ensembles

  “An AI system consists of a computational artefact together with the human behaviour and people who make the artefact a useful and meaningful entity. […] Sociotechnical ensembles are combinations of […]

• 30 January 2023

  technological determinism

  “…the view that material forces, and especially the properties of available technologies, determine social events. […] the central idea us that technological changes force social adaptations, and consequently constrain the […]

• 5 May 2023

  Umwelt

  Uexküll’s concept of Umwelt proposes that every species inhabits a unique “world” that is constructed based on their own abilities to create and interpret signs. These signs are shaped by […]