Opinion: Critical AI research needs more 'immersion' style fieldwork
manoelribeiro · x · 2026-08-29
Manoel Ribeiro advocated for an 'immersion' approach in critical AI research, suggesting researchers should engage deeply with the community, much like anthropologists joining gangs to understand them. He stated he would trust an anthropologist who spent a year in SF 'token-maxxing' far more than someone who refuses to use AI and bases their critique on a single experience with GPT-3.5.
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