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Johanna Hautala explores the intersection of artificial intelligence, robotics, and knowledge creation, focusing on how emerging technologies reshape human understanding and collaboration. Her research spans AI futures imaginaries, human-robot knowledge systems, and the philosophical redefinition of knowledge in automated environments. In her most cited work, "Spectrum of AI futures imaginaries by AI practitioners in Finland and Singapore" (2023, 21 citations), Hautala reveals how AI developers themselves envision—and often underestimate—the pace of AI progress, offering critical insight into the gap between technological reality and collective imagination. Her study "Can robots possess knowledge?" (2021, 6 citations) challenges the traditional DIKW pyramid by examining factory workers' perspectives on robotic cognition, while "Co-creating Knowledge with Robots" (2022, 5 citations) introduces a framework of system, synthesis, and symbiosis for human-robot knowledge generation. Hautala’s work is notable for bridging empirical fieldwork with conceptual innovation, giving voice to practitioners and workers often overlooked in AI discourse. Her contributions are essential for students and researchers interested in the social, philosophical, and practical dimensions of AI and robotics in the knowledge economy.