Human oversight and the AI interface
Riika Koulu, Associate Professor at the Faculties of Social Sciences and Law, University of Helsinki, and the director of University of Helsinki Legal Tech Lab
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Please note that this event will be hybrid.
About the event
The Future of Technology and Society Discussion Group is pleased to host Dr Riika Koulu to discuss her work on human oversight and the AI interface.
Abstract
The notion of human-centricity has been perceived as the core of the EU’s technology regulation. Related concepts of human oversight, human intervention, and human review can be found in multiple EU instruments, suggesting human control has become a central ordering principle for technology regulation and the legal framing for human-machine relations. In the AI Act, human-centricity is materialised into the legal obligation for human oversight of high-risk AI systems and implemented into “the appropriate human-machine interface tools”. In this talk, I explore the AI interface as a site where action takes place and human oversight is performed, shaping and being shaped by human-machine interactions. By combining socio-legal studies on law, technology, and society, with insights from Science and technology studies (STS) and human-computer interaction research (HCI), I argue that a focus on the interface itself enables new ways to interrogate our aspirations for and limitations of human control over technology and law’s role in shaping human-machine relations.
About the speaker
Dr Riikka Koulu is the Associate Professor (Social and Legal Implications of AI) at the Faculties of Social Sciences and Law, University of Helsinki, Finland and the director of University of Helsinki Legal Tech Lab, an interdisciplinary research hub that examines the intersections of law, technology, and society. In her research, she combines socio-legal studies with Science and technology studies and human-computer interaction research to examine law’s role in shaping and being shaped by socio-technical changes. Her current research projects delve into law and design from the perspective of interfaces and interaction, automated administration, and the repair of algorithmic breakages.