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25

Sep

The Sociology and Social Anthropology Seminar Series presents: Minna Ruckenstein

25 September 2025 15:00 to 17:00 | Seminar
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Autonomy, Feedback Loops and Human-AI Relations

Minna Ruckenstein

Professor, University of Helsinki

This talk explores four dimensions of autonomy in human–algorithm relations, showing how it can be shaped, limited, or supported through everyday interactions with AI (Savolainen & Ruckenstein, 2024). Autonomy is seen as informed choice, backed by technical and algorithmic understanding, but also influenced by emotional and habitual engagement with AI tools.

Examples include students adjusting their writing to fit AI suggestions or patients following app recommendations without consulting professionals. These feedback loops raise important questions about how autonomy develops over time and how it can be nurtured as a public value.

  • When: Thursday 25 September
  • Where: Eden, Room 129

The Seminar Series

The Sociology and Social Anthropology Seminar Series (Allmänna seminariet) invites international and national researchers to present and discuss on-going research. Each presenter talks for about an hour, followed by about an hour's discussion.

Find more research seminars in this series at soc.lu.se/en/research.

All are welcome, especially students!

About the event

Location:

Eden, Room 129

Contact:

susanne [dot] bregnbak [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se

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The Sociology and Social Anthropology Seminar Series