Seminaarit, esitelmät ja julkaisut
Tutkimusjulkaisu
Pelevina N-M, Sihvonen T, Rousi R, Laapotti T, Mikkola H. Finlandised electobots and the distortion of collective political memory. Memory, Mind & Media. 2025;4:e26. doi:10.1017/mem.2025.10022
Keynote-luento
Prof.Pekka Abrahamsson: Agentic AI workflows have finally arrived! Why should we care?
Agentic AI isn’t replacing you—it’s rewriting what’s possible. Professor Pekka Abrahamsson unveils a future where autonomous AI workflows don’t steal our roles but amplify our reach. Machines now think, act, and collaborate beside us, unlocking creativity and speed beyond human limits. The revolution is here—bold, unstoppable, and profoundly empowering.
Pekka Abrahamsson leads the GTP Lab at Tampere University and many research projects, including SYNTHETICA (RCF 2024-26).
Wednesday 5 November, at 15–17, StartUp Factory, Fabriikki 2nd floor, University of Vaasa
NordMedia Conference 2025: Imagining Livable Futures
13–15 August 2025, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Odense
- Mikkola, Heidi: Visual Imageries of AI and Its Agency in Memetic Communication
VAKKI Symposium, Workshop: ”The Age of Synthetic Communication”
Vaasan yliopisto, 13.−14.2.2025
- Salminen, Kaate, Amin & Jansen: The Dilemma of Synthetic Users: Examining the Role of Generative AI in Creating User Personas
- Pelevina, Sihvonen, Rousi & Laapotti: Experiments in AI-enhanced electoral battles: The Case of Finlandized Chatbots
- Ask & Sihvonen: Diversifying chatbots: Lessons from character.ai’s “fanbots” about the networked nature of chatbots
- Rousi: I, me an(other) – follower construction of the uncanny self in relation to AI-generated social media influencers
- Reinikainen & Lehtiniemi: ”Tai ainakaan minä en ymmärrä sitä algoritmin rakkauden kieltä” – Yleisö ihmisten ja algoritmien kimeerinä
More information here!
Rajapintapäivät 2024, unconference
14.11.2024, Tieteiden talo Helsinki, Nuppu Pelevina & Henri Pullinen: Political bots
Rajapinta & HEPP: Election year 2024, ”Elections in the era of AI – the battle of the presidential bots”, Rebekah Rousi, Tanja Sihvonen & Nuppu Pelevina
28.10.2024, 14-16, University of Helsinki, Unioninkatu 37, room 1066 or online
The presentation delves into the role of AI bots in the context of Finnish presidential elections.
Vuorovaikutuksen tutkimuksen päivät, Jyväskylä 11.-12.10.2024
Tyäryhmä: Artificial Intelligence in the Realm of Political Communication: Deep Fakes, Discourses, and Attitudes
Puheenjohtaja/Chair: Tomi Laapotti, University of Vaasa
- The rise of the make-believe – Ripple effects of AI and its impact on trust in communication Rebekah Rousi, Associate Professor, University of Vaasa
- AI-human interaction in political discourse Riikka Nissi, Senior Lecturer, University of Jyväskylä; Marko Siitonen, Professor, University of Jyväskylä & Mitra Raappana, University Teacher, University of Jyväskylä
- Uses of and attitudes towards Chatbots in political discussions – Presidential candidates used as pretext Tomi Laapotti, Assistant Professor, University of Vaasa & Mitra Raappana, University Teacher, University of Jyväskylä
Where does the evil live? Looking at the underbelly of AI
10.1.2024, Tampere, Crazy Town
The seminar is co-organized by the SYNTHETICA and EVIL AI networks.
Short talks (à 5 min)
- Here, there, and everywhere (Prof. Tanja Sihvonen, University of Vaasa)
- Evil dolls are here (Associate Prof. Johanna Virkki, Tampere University)
- Where does evil live? (Assistant Prof. Tomi Laapotti, University of Vaasa)
- Interacting with AI in physical – virtual continuum (Prof. Henri Pirkkalainen, Tampere University)
- Being nasty to bots (University Lecturer, Dr. Riikka Nissi, University of Jyväskylä)
- Building a digital twin of yourself (Prof. Pekka Abrahamsson, Tampere University)
Workshopping!
SynthiFriends, Vaasa 25.4.2024
10.00 Keynote Kristine Ask: Roleplay, romance and chatbots: Fandom and gaming in the age of AI (+ Q&A)
Elevator Pitches:
– Tomi Laapotti + Mitra: A methodological pitch talk
– Rebekah Rousi + Tanja Sihvonen: Interaction design for humans and machines
– Pekka Abrahamsson+ team: How to build and deconstruct a chatbot
– Marko Siitonen + Riikka: Conversations with bots
Chatbot workshop
Merging Ludus and Mimesis: Playful Engagements with NPCs on TikTok, Tanja Sihvonen & Kristine Ask
- DiGRA2024, Guadalajara, Mexico 1.-5.7.2024
TikTokification of NPC Clicking, Tanja Sihvonen & Kristine Ask
- Tampere Gamelab Spring Seminar 7.-8.5.2024
Fake it till you make it? Tanja Sihvonen & Kristine Ask
- Median ja viestinnän tutkimuksen päivät, Tampere 12.-13.4.2024
Death becomes her -afterlife in the algorithm, Rebekah Rousi, Joni-Roy Piispanen & Tinja Myllyviita
- Median ja viestinnän tutkimuksen päivät, Tampere 12.-13.4.2024
AI is the answer… but who remembers the question? Laapotti, Raappana, Sihvonen
Diversifying Audiovisual Layers. On the Memetics of Sound on TikTok, Tanja Sihvonen & Kristine Ask
Rebekah Rousi +
- VAKKI, Vaasa 8.-9.2.2024