The Transformation of a Science by a “Technology”: The Case of Astrophysics and the Introduction of Machine Learning
Anne Marcovich, Terry Shinn · HoST - Journal of History of Science and Technology · 2023
Abstract This article explores the transformations of an area of scientific research provoked by the introduction of big data and the possibilities to treat them by Artificial Intelligence. We study these transformations in contemporary astrophysics as it has developed over the last thirty years. These transformations extend from cognitive work procedures to information processing, systems of collaboration between scientists, epistemology and terrain of questions.