Research Program 7 (R7)

AI in society

FCAI Research Program R7 AI in society focuses on social and ethical dimensions of AI and contributes especially on objectives Trust and Ethics (O2) and Understandability (O3). It deals both with the preconditions of trustworthy and socially acceptable AI and the consequences of uses of AI.

The program brings together AI research and human sciences to better understand how AI works in organizations and society. The main lines of research include:

1. The design and domestication of AI and their unintended consequences

2. Understandability of AI for different audiences and stakeholders

3. Foresight and responsibility in AI decision-making and robotics

4. Legitimacy and social acceptability of AI – the institutional arrangements for accountability and trust

5. The governance, politics and political economy of data

Examples of publications:

• Kontiainen, Laura, Riikka Koulu, Suvi Sankari. 2022. Research agenda for algorithmic fairness studies: Access to justice lessons for interdisciplinary research. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence 5.

• Snell, Karoliina, Heta Tarkkala, Aaro Tupasela. 2021. A Solidarity Paradox – Welfare State Data in Global Health Data Economy. Health.

• Raul Hakli, Pekka Mäkelä. 2019. Moral Responsibility of Robots and Hybrid Agents.The Monist, 102 (2).

• Juho Pääkkönen, Petri Ylikoski. 2020. Humanistic interpretation and machine learning. Synthese.

Program poster (pdf)

Coordinating professor: Petri Ylikoski – petri.ylikoski at helsinki.fi

People

The groups of following PIs take part in the Research Program AI in society. If you would like to join this program, please contact the coordinating professor.

• Ilkka Arminen, University of Helsinki

• Tero Erkkilä, University of Helsinki

• Patrik Floréen, University of Helsinki

• Nadezhda Gotcheva, VTT

• Jaana Hallamaa, University of Helsinki

• Katri Havu, University of Helsinki

• Ida Koivisto, University of Helsinki

• Päivi Korpisaari, University of Helsinki

• Riikka Koulu, University of Helsinki

• Krista Lagus, University of Helsinki

• Leena Lankoski, Aalto University

• Jaana Leikas, VTT

• Susanna Lindroos-Hovinheimo, University of Helsinki

• Tommi Mikkonen, University of Helsinki

• Matti Nelimarkka, University of Helsinki

• Mika Nieminen, VTT

• Pekka Nikander, Aalto University

• Jukka K. Nurminen, University of Helsinki

• Taina Pihlajarinne, University of Helsinki

• Paavo Pylkkänen, University of Helsinki

• Samuli Reijula, University of Helsinki

• Minna Ruckenstein, University of Helsinki

• Nitin Sawhney, Aalto University

• Karoliina Snell, University of Helsinki

• Martti Vainio, University of Helsinki

• Anna-Mari Wallenberg, University of Helsinki

• Roman Yangarber, University of Helsinki

• Petri Ylikoski, University of Helsinki – coordinating professor