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Can AI Enrich Social Science?

The Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment will host its spring forum, “Can Generative AI Enrich Social Science?,” on March 31, 2026, from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Virginia Tech Inn and Skelton Conference Center or via Zoom. Duke University sociologist Christopher Bail will discuss how generative AI offers powerful new tools to study human behavior while raising concerns about bias, ethics, and research quality and review ongoing debates about how social scientists can leverage AI’s opportunities while addressing its challenges.

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