AI, Social Sciences, lots of coffee, let's make something! Invite me on a hike! Personal account – all views are my own.https://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mwq4nix2g22jDay 3 of #DSG2026: Computational Social Science promises pattern recognition and prediction. But who does the explaining? 1/3 #Sociology #CSS30 Sep 2026 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwq4nix2g22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mwnei3llf222At the 43rd Congress of the German Sociological Association in Mainz, this year's theme “Futures of Society”. Appreciating the thoughtful and engaged presentations. Right now, Miriam Trübner (Mainz) speaking about the unequal distribution of uncertainty. #Sociology #DGS2629 Sep 2026 08:02 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwnei3llf222https://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mwkqwnj62222AI can now help read Ancient Greek. Apollo is designed to decipher inscriptions and papyri at scale, potentially opening vast collections of historical texts to faster scholarly analysis. https://arkeonews.net/meet-apollo-the-first-ai-that-reads-ancient-greek/ #AI #ResearchTools #DigitalHumanities28 Sep 2026 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwkqwnj62222https://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mwkqtnamvc22Counting plastic on the deep seafloor is painstaking work. Japanese researchers have developed AI that identifies and counts visible debris in underwater footage, dramatically reducing review time. https://mezha.net/eng/news/f514f8ef_japanese_researchers_develop/ #AI #ResearchTools #OceanScience28 Sep 2026 07:06 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwkqtnamvc22https://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mwgtdubmys2eCan visual AI help us understand cities without reducing urban life to what cameras can capture? #MIT researchers examine both the promise and peril. https://news.mit.edu/2026/studying-cities-using-visual-ai-fabio-duarte-martina-mazzarello-carlo-ratti-fan-zhang-book-0924 #Sociology #UrbanStudies #AI26 Sep 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwgtdubmys2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mwavedd5qs2wThis multi-agent AI research caught my attention. It shows agents can learn to collaborate from experience. Important step toward #CollaborativeComputation where intelligence emerges from how models work together. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2609.22682 #AI #MultiAgentSystems #Reasoning #Stanford24 Sep 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwavedd5qs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mwasawc6qs2iAI research agents are getting faster at evidence synthesis. OpenAI says Parallel used GPT-6 Astra to cut the time and cost of labor-market research roughly in half. https://openai.com/index/parallel-cuts-time-and-cost-with-astra/ #AI #ResearchTools #GenerativeAI24 Sep 2026 08:04 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwasawc6qs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mwasafmxbk2iA self-driving lab at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology can now autonomously explore materials for thin-film solar cells and other optoelectronics, closing more of the loop between experiment, analysis and the next experiment. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1145149 #AI #ResearchTools #Automation #KIT24 Sep 2026 08:04 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwasafmxbk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mw6mn5dk6c2uAI just made an insect-scale flying robot dramatically more agile: researchers report ~450% faster flight and 10 consecutive somersaults in 11 seconds. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aea8716 #AI #ResearchTools #Robotics23 Sep 2026 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw6mn5dk6c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mvwydkcrnk2fHow are Himalayan farmers responding to climate change? A new mixed-methods study maps the social and practical factors shaping adaptation and mitigation choices. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-026-08909-y #Sociology #ClimateAdaptation #OpenScience #Farming20 Sep 2026 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvwydkcrnk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mvwyanwk222fCan LLMs make urban planning more participatory? New OA research tests their potential to widen public involvement in redevelopment decisions. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-026-09073-z #Sociology #GenerativeAI #UrbanStudies20 Sep 2026 10:25 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvwyanwk222fhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mvv5ih2vus2wEurope has its first confirmed Diplodocus. A 150-million-year-old Spanish fossil suggests the iconic dinosaur ranged far beyond North America during the Late Jurassic. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2026.2718423 #ScienceNews #Paleontology #Evolution19 Sep 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvv5ih2vus2whttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mvp6e5n7os2nWhat if a research paper could answer questions, rerun its analyses and collaborate with other papers? Paper2Agent turns manuscripts into executable AI agents. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11044-y #ResearchTools #OpenScience #Agents #AI17 Sep 2026 07:53 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvp6e5n7os2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mvp5txk3hk2nWhat happens when working-age employees become unpaid caregivers? New OA longitudinal research from Germany traces consequences across work and family life. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10834-026-10107-6 #Sociology #OpenAccess #CareWork17 Sep 2026 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvp5txk3hk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mvp5qvp6yc2nAncient scrolls charred by Vesuvius may still be readable. Experiments show tiny amounts of lead in ink can make hidden writing stand out dramatically in X-ray scans. https://news.berkeley.edu/2026/09/16/to-read-2000-year-old-burned-scrolls-scientists-burn-their-own/ #ScienceNews #Archaeology #Imaging17 Sep 2026 07:42 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvp5qvp6yc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mvp5nlodp22nHow does a virus build itself? Researchers watched individual protein units join and leave growing virus-like particles molecule by molecule. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10948-z #OpenAccess #Virology #Biophysics17 Sep 2026 07:40 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvp5nlodp22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mvhk3uy3zk26Feels like beginning of autumn today. Looking forward to slightly more muted colors and a brilliant Indian summer, to autumn’s bounty, apples, plums, chestnuts, young wine, to rehearsals for Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, and I hope Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania won’t turn out as badly as Saxony-Anhalt.14 Sep 2026 07:02 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvhk3uy3zk26https://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mvhfibge4222AI governance is moving into mainstream political debate: Barack Obama is urging a more public policy conversation on safety and economic impacts. https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/obama-voices-caution-ai-urges-democrats-tackle-it-nyt-says-2026-09-13/ #AIGovernance #TechPolicy #AIpolicy14 Sep 2026 05:39 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvhfibge4222https://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mvhfg2d5hk22Donald Trump is pushing back on calls to slow AI development, framing US leadership over China as the priority. The policy divide is widening fast. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/trump-says-very-negative-forces-raising-exaggerated-concerns-over-ai-2026-09-13/ #AIpolicy #Geopolitics14 Sep 2026 05:38 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvhfg2d5hk22https://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mvfxdbzhik2mAfter Jacob Coxon's resignation and stark warning about AI risk, #Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is calling on frontier labs to slow capability gains and expand independent safety evaluation. https://www.tbsnews.net/tech/anthropic-ceo-calls-slower-pace-ai-development-1540916 #AI #AISafety13 Sep 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfxdbzhik2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mvfx6uqqfs2jPFAS waste could become feedstock: researchers recovered over 99.9% of available fluoride and recycled most of it into useful silver fluoride. https://www.nature.com/articles/s44286-026-00442-8 #GreenChemistry #PFAS13 Sep 2026 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfx6uqqfs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mvfx27z7ps2jChildren need more than efficient answers: educators are pushing back on AI-first visions of learning and arguing for human interaction, creativity and reform. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/11/children-need-interaction-not-ai #Sociology #Education #AI13 Sep 2026 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfx27z7ps2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mvfwxuzln22jHow vulnerable is a building when a tsunami hits? A new probabilistic framework brings uncertainty directly into damage estimates for coastal communities. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-70348-1 #DisasterScience #OpenScience13 Sep 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfwxuzln22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mv7nrv24h22jGenerative AI can now design entire bacteriophage genomes that produce functional viruses, pushing computational biology from sequence prediction toward genome creation. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-026-03311-0 #ScienceNews #SyntheticBiology #ComputationalBiology #GenerativeAI11 Sep 2026 03:46 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7nrv24h22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mv5q3cgsg22rWhat does TikTok do to how people see their bodies? #Thinspiration worsened mood and increased self-objectification whereas body-positive videos improved mood but still increased self-objectification. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0355465 #TikTok #SocialMedia #DigitalSociology #SelfObjectification10 Sep 2026 09:22 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5q3cgsg22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mv2slnyb7k2mSeaweed restoration may not keep pace with climate-driven losses in carbon sequestration, researchers warn. https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003949 #ScienceNews #ClimateChange #MarineScience09 Sep 2026 05:29 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2slnyb7k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3mv2sgehw4c2mThe first adult T. rex trackway is here: four giant footprints preserve a 66.5-million-year-old walk through North Dakota. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2026.2706201 #ScienceNews #Paleontology #Dinosaurs09 Sep 2026 05:26 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2sgehw4c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3muytuytz622eWar doesn’t only destroy laboratories, it breaks the human networks that reproduce science. Researchers in Ukraine argue that education must be treated as critical infrastructure. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-026-02702-y #HigherEd #SciencePolicy08 Sep 2026 10:47 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muytuytz622ehttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3muvptqiz2k2qWho gets to define what counts as knowledge? New OA research examines alternative epistemic authorities challenging traditional knowledge orders online. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-22489-7_6 #Sociology #OpenAccess #Epistemology07 Sep 2026 04:57 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvptqiz2k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/schoenenberger.bsky.social/post/3muvpf74boc2qChina’s homegrown AI-chip challengers are gaining ground as firms such as Enflame build alternatives to Nvidia’s hardware and software ecosystem. https://www.reuters.com/commentary/breakingviews/chinas-ai-dragons-breathe-fire-nvidias-moat-2026-09-07/ #AI #Semiconductors #ChinaTech07 Sep 2026 04:49 +0000at://did:plc:bz6mqlgvztm3otrubyvmniyb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvpf74boc2q