Juho Rantala
Biographic Data
| ID | 359302 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Juho Rantala |
| GIVEN NAMES | Juho |
| FAMILY NAME | Rantala |
| SIGNATURE | RANTALA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tampere University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6507-6749 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
‘This is a matter of life and death for efficiency’
This paper discusses institutional epistemic injustice by addressing the structural conditions in digital environments that can create unfair situations for some people. We examine implementing data-driven algorithmic systems for public services by analysing its impacts on users from the perspective of epistemic (in)justice. Epistemic injustice occurs when an individual or group is treated unfairly in their ‘capacity as a knower’. Based on themat…
Simondon, Control and the Digital Domain
Deleuze put forth a description of fluid control in computerized society in his text 'Postscript on Control Societies'. With the help of the philosophy of Gilbert Simondon, we can broaden and complexify this view and understand digital systems through the concept of modulation. These modulatory systems intervene in human individuation by controlling individuals as 'dividuals'. In contemporary digital technologies, like blockchain platforms, the m…
Chatbot breakthrough in the 2020s? An ethical reflection on the trend of automated consultations in health care
Many experts have emphasised that chatbots are not sufficiently mature to be able to technically diagnose patient conditions or replace the judgements of health professionals. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, has significantly increased the utilisation of health-oriented chatbots, for instance, as a conversational interface to answer questions, recommend care options, check symptoms and complete tasks such as booking appointments. In this paper, w…
Blockchain Governance Challenges
This essay considers the ideological context of blockchain technology. This technology is often celebrated for its potential for decentralization, distribution, privacy, and a lack of intermediaries and coordinators for transactions and general governance. Because of these features, blockchain technology, and, in particular, its most famous inauguration—the bitcoin blockchain—is frequently identified with libertarianism. In this essay, we argue t…
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Blockchain Governance Challenges
This essay considers the ideological context of blockchain technology. This technology is often celebrated for its potential for decentralization, distribution, privacy, and a lack of intermediaries and coordinators for transactions and general governance. Because of these features, blockchain technology, and, in particular, its most famous inauguration—the bitcoin blockchain—is frequently identified with libertarianism. In this essay, we argue t…
Chatbot breakthrough in the 2020s? An ethical reflection on the trend of automated consultations in health care
Many experts have emphasised that chatbots are not sufficiently mature to be able to technically diagnose patient conditions or replace the judgements of health professionals. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, has significantly increased the utilisation of health-oriented chatbots, for instance, as a conversational interface to answer questions, recommend care options, check symptoms and complete tasks such as booking appointments. In this paper, w…
Simondon, Control and the Digital Domain
Deleuze put forth a description of fluid control in computerized society in his text 'Postscript on Control Societies'. With the help of the philosophy of Gilbert Simondon, we can broaden and complexify this view and understand digital systems through the concept of modulation. These modulatory systems intervene in human individuation by controlling individuals as 'dividuals'. In contemporary digital technologies, like blockchain platforms, the m…
‘This is a matter of life and death for efficiency’
This paper discusses institutional epistemic injustice by addressing the structural conditions in digital environments that can create unfair situations for some people. We examine implementing data-driven algorithmic systems for public services by analysing its impacts on users from the perspective of epistemic (in)justice. Epistemic injustice occurs when an individual or group is treated unfairly in their ‘capacity as a knower’. Based on themat…
Computer Science (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Alternative medicine (1 works) · Ambiguity (1 works) · Appropriation (1 works) · Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education (1 works)