Exploring AI-in-the-making: sociomaterial genealogies of AI performativity
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Author(s)
Scott, Susan V
Orlikowski, Wanda J
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Recent interest in artificial intelligence technologies has led to much discussion about what the age of AI portends for how we live and work. And specifically for the present discussion, what it means for agency. In offering our contributions to these considerations, we build on approaches to treat AI not as a “thing” but as phenomena in-the-making. Such a framing orients us to doings, to practices, to enactments, and consequential outcomes. These considerations of AI-in-the-making are inspired by agential realism, a theory that calls attention to performativity and accountability. Based on these ideas, we propose a sociomaterial genealogical approach that we suggest is well-suited for the study of AI-in-the-making. In so doing, we provide qualitative scholars with a way of orienting their inquiries toward the performativity of ongoing AI reconfigurations and sociomaterial accountabilities.
Date Issued
2025-03-01
Date Acceptance
2025-02-05
Citation
Information and Organization, 2025, 35 (1)
ISSN
1471-7727
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Journal / Book Title
Information and Organization
Volume
35
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© 2025 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Identifier
10.1016/j.infoandorg.2025.100558
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
100558
Date Publish Online
2025-02-13