Anna Weichselbraun
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 145947 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Anna Weichselbraun |
| NOMBRES | Anna |
| APELLIDO | Weichselbraun |
| FIRMA | WEICHSELBRAUN A |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Vienna |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3705-9968 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2014 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
How Will I Know?”
Semiotic indeterminacy describes the basic observation that signs are always unstable and open to interpretation. As such, semiotic indeterminacy can become a resource for the strategic pursuit and exploitation of political goals. In this article, I examine the role and multiple dimensions of semiotic indeterminacy in nuclear nonproliferation, the global governance project to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. Taking as an illustrative exampl…
Language machines
Large language models (LLMs) challenge long‐standing assumptions in linguistics and linguistic anthropology by generating human‐like language without relying on rule‐based structures. This introduction to the special issue Language Machines calls for renewed engagement with LLMs as socially embedded language technologies. We trace the intellectual genealogy that led linguistic anthropology to sideline such technologies, highlighting how disciplin…
Human tests for machine models
Benchmarking large language models (LLMs) is a key practice for evaluating their capabilities and risks. This paper considers the development of “BIG Bench,” a crowdsourced benchmark designed to test LLMs “Beyond the Imitation Game.” Drawing on linguistic anthropological and ethnographic analysis of the project's GitHub repository, we examine how contributors developed tasks based on their lay understandings of language, cognition, and intelligen…
Mie Femø Nielsen & Ann Merrit Rikke Nielsen, Revisiting trustworthiness in social interaction. New York
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From Accountants to Detectives
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) verifies state compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty through nuclear safeguards. The agency's legitimacy derives from the convincing display of technical authority. The politics of nuclear things, however, constantly threaten to undermine this authority. Nuclear safeguards are made legibly authoritative and credibly technical through bureaucratic objectivity. This epistemic logic and pra…
Of Broken Seals and Broken Promises
In the world of global politics, talk is cheap. States sign negotiated agreements, but a treaty without an enforcement mechanism is considered weak, because states are not expected to adhere to commitments whose materiality is merely that of ink and paper. To verify the terms of state commitments to the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which entered into force in 1970, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear safeguard…
Containment . Directed by Peter Galison and Robb Moss. Redacted Pictures, 2015. 81 minutes.
Not Talking about Disarmament at the IAEA
People here speak five languages
This article investigates the transformation of minority language practice in the light of changing European language ideologies. Following a group of young Carinthian Slovenes from their rural hometowns to the capital of Vienna, this article analyzes their metadiscursive commentary about place and language in order to show how local language ideologies structure the indexical orders under which these individuals learn to assign meaning to lingui…
Of Broken Seals and Broken Promises
In the world of global politics, talk is cheap. States sign negotiated agreements, but a treaty without an enforcement mechanism is considered weak, because states are not expected to adhere to commitments whose materiality is merely that of ink and paper. To verify the terms of state commitments to the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which entered into force in 1970, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear safeguard…
From Accountants to Detectives
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) verifies state compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty through nuclear safeguards. The agency's legitimacy derives from the convincing display of technical authority. The politics of nuclear things, however, constantly threaten to undermine this authority. Nuclear safeguards are made legibly authoritative and credibly technical through bureaucratic objectivity. This epistemic logic and pra…
People here speak five languages
This article investigates the transformation of minority language practice in the light of changing European language ideologies. Following a group of young Carinthian Slovenes from their rural hometowns to the capital of Vienna, this article analyzes their metadiscursive commentary about place and language in order to show how local language ideologies structure the indexical orders under which these individuals learn to assign meaning to lingui…
How Will I Know?”
Semiotic indeterminacy describes the basic observation that signs are always unstable and open to interpretation. As such, semiotic indeterminacy can become a resource for the strategic pursuit and exploitation of political goals. In this article, I examine the role and multiple dimensions of semiotic indeterminacy in nuclear nonproliferation, the global governance project to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. Taking as an illustrative exampl…
People here speak five languages
This article investigates the transformation of minority language practice in the light of changing European language ideologies. Following a group of young Carinthian Slovenes from their rural hometowns to the capital of Vienna, this article analyzes their metadiscursive commentary about place and language in order to show how local language ideologies structure the indexical orders under which these individuals learn to assign meaning to lingui…
Containment . Directed by Peter Galison and Robb Moss. Redacted Pictures, 2015. 81 minutes.
Not Talking about Disarmament at the IAEA
Of Broken Seals and Broken Promises
In the world of global politics, talk is cheap. States sign negotiated agreements, but a treaty without an enforcement mechanism is considered weak, because states are not expected to adhere to commitments whose materiality is merely that of ink and paper. To verify the terms of state commitments to the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which entered into force in 1970, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear safeguard…
From Accountants to Detectives
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) verifies state compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty through nuclear safeguards. The agency's legitimacy derives from the convincing display of technical authority. The politics of nuclear things, however, constantly threaten to undermine this authority. Nuclear safeguards are made legibly authoritative and credibly technical through bureaucratic objectivity. This epistemic logic and pra…
Mie Femø Nielsen & Ann Merrit Rikke Nielsen, Revisiting trustworthiness in social interaction. New York
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
How Will I Know?”
Semiotic indeterminacy describes the basic observation that signs are always unstable and open to interpretation. As such, semiotic indeterminacy can become a resource for the strategic pursuit and exploitation of political goals. In this article, I examine the role and multiple dimensions of semiotic indeterminacy in nuclear nonproliferation, the global governance project to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. Taking as an illustrative exampl…
Language machines
Large language models (LLMs) challenge long‐standing assumptions in linguistics and linguistic anthropology by generating human‐like language without relying on rule‐based structures. This introduction to the special issue Language Machines calls for renewed engagement with LLMs as socially embedded language technologies. We trace the intellectual genealogy that led linguistic anthropology to sideline such technologies, highlighting how disciplin…
Human tests for machine models
Benchmarking large language models (LLMs) is a key practice for evaluating their capabilities and risks. This paper considers the development of “BIG Bench,” a crowdsourced benchmark designed to test LLMs “Beyond the Imitation Game.” Drawing on linguistic anthropological and ethnographic analysis of the project's GitHub repository, we examine how contributors developed tasks based on their lay understandings of language, cognition, and intelligen…
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