AI-Ageing Assemblages: Multiplicity, Power, and Boundaries in the Co-Constitution of Ageing and Artificial Intelligence
Recent Publication
In a new publication, Assistant Professor Dr Vera Gallistl BA MA and Roger von Laufenberg examine how artificial intelligence (AI) is changing our understanding of ageing. Instead of seeing AI merely as a useful tool that improves the everyday lives of older people, the researchers shed light on the hidden power dynamics behind it. Their analysis shows that in AI development, older people are often reduced to data that can be collected and commercialised. The development of AI technologies also narrows the idea of what the future could look like for older people to purely technological solutions.
Gallistl, V., & von Laufenberg, R. (2025). AI-Ageing Assemblages: Multiplicity, Power, and Boundaries in the Co-Constitution of Ageing and Artificial Intelligence. Kolner Zeitschrift fur Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11577-025-01010-3
Ass.-Prof. Dr. Vera Gallistl-Kassing BA MA
Assistant Professor
Department of Gerontology and Health Research