Autonomy in Older Adults' Information Seeking with Information Agents
Abstract
As the global population ages, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered information agents have emerged as potential tools to support older adults’ health information seeking. However, ensuring that agents align with older adults’ autonomy preferences remains a critical challenge. Drawing on interdisciplinary conceptualizations of autonomy, this proposal aims to 1) understand older adults’ conception of autonomy, especially in the health information-seeking context; 2) identify opportunities for information agent design and evaluation to better support older adults.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Technology Use by Older Adults
Cognitive Functions and Memory
Personal Information Management and User Behavior
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Proceedings of the 2026 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval
- Publisher
- ACM
- Pages
- 388–393
- Publication date
- 28 February 2026