Lecture Topic: Artificial Intelligence and Social Sciences: Examples from Several Studies

Guest Speaker: Professor Qin Xin, School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University

Lecture Time: July 22, 2024, 10:00-11:30

Lecture Mode: Offline lecture, Qiushe Building 343

Lecture Language: Chinese

Host: Professor Wei Xin, School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China

Lecture Content:

As a revolutionary tool/subject, the widespread application of artificial intelligence has become an unstoppable trend. Research on artificial intelligence can be divided into two major areas. The first area focuses on artificial intelligence and natural sciences, concentrating on how to design and create more advanced AI, which focuses on AI itself. The second area is artificial intelligence and social sciences (and/or humanities), concentrating on the impact of AI on human society, thus focusing on the externalities of AI. Both research areas are equally important, but most existing studies focus on AI and natural sciences. The impact of AI on human society, especially the efficiency and ethical issues it raises, urgently needs systematic and in-depth attention and discussion. In this lecture, I will first construct a dual-dimensional model (perspectives: efficiency vs. ethics; impact scope: universal vs. specific) to review the existing research on AI and social sciences. Based on this theoretical framework, I will introduce several AI-related studies completed or in progress by our team, exploring the impact of AI on human society in both specific management contexts and more general social contexts, aiming to provide insights for future related research.

Speaker Introduction:

Professor Qin Xin is a professor at the School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University, a doctoral supervisor, and a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. He serves as the Deputy Dean of the School of Business at Sun Yat-sen University, Deputy Director of the Teaching Development Office at Sun Yat-sen University (acting director), Deputy Chair of the Teaching Steering Committee of the Department of Economics and Management, and a member of the Academic Committee of the Department. His research interests include AI, ethics, leadership, and interdisciplinary research. He has published over 60 papers in top academic journals both domestically and internationally, including PNAS, PNAS Nexus, British Medical Journal, Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management World, and Acta Psychologica Sinica. He has won the second prize of the Ninth Higher Education Science Research Outstanding Achievement Award (twice), the Youth Achievement Award of the Eighth Higher Education Science Research Outstanding Achievement Award, the first prize of the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Guangdong Province Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award (four times), the first prize of the Guangdong Province Excellence in Human Resources Research Award (three times), the Ho’s Outstanding Research Contribution Award and Outstanding Teaching Contribution Award of Sun Yat-sen University, and the Outstanding Doctoral Graduate of Beijing. He also serves as an expert consultant for the first comprehensive law-based governance of Guangzhou.