AI, Objectivity, and the Limits of Scientific Disruption
This philosophical examination challenges prevailing narratives about AI disrupting scientific practice and knowledge production. Andrews argues that many claims about AI transforming science rest on a confused understanding of scientific objectivity. Rather than AI enabling fundamentally new forms of objectivity or disrupting how science operates, the paper demonstrates that such claims mistake the instrumental role of AI for a conceptual revolution. The work developed during Andrews’ PIBBSS fellowship but was only published years later.
