Epistemic Technologies and the Social Dimensions of Knowledge

My current research interests lie at the intersection of epistemology, philosophy of science, and philosophy of technology. I am particularly concerned with the social dimensions of science and technology and their implications for our knowledge. I examine the specific epistemic characteristics of epistemic technologies (especially AI), aiming to uncover the social relations that underlie them and to assess how we might incorporate epistemic norms into technological design.

In my dissertation, Testimony from AI, I integrate these research interests by exploring the distinct characteristics of humans, devices, and epistemic technologies in order to reveal the different structures of social interaction that underlie them, as well as the normative implications (whether ethical or epistemic) that may inhere in these structures. I aim to demonstrate that human knowledge is, to a significant extent, a structural product of social systems rather than a belief state confined to the internal realm of individuals—a feature manifested not only in social epistemic communities such as scientific communities, but also in our extensive integration with technology.