🔬 By Hamed Maleki. Hamed is a communication researcher currently completing a Master’s degree at the University of Wrocław in Poland. His work focuses on human–AI interaction, especially how people build emotional … [Read more...] about Beyond Dependency: The Hidden Risk of Social Comparison in Chatbot Companionship
Human-Centered Design
CodeAid: Evaluating a Classroom Deployment of an LLM-based Programming Assistant that Balances Student and Educator Needs
🔬 Research Summary by Majeed Kazemitabaar, a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Toronto researching the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction and Education, specifically focusing on AI and … [Read more...] about CodeAid: Evaluating a Classroom Deployment of an LLM-based Programming Assistant that Balances Student and Educator Needs
The Participatory Turn in AI Design: Theoretical Foundations and the Current State of Practice
🔬 Research Summary by Stephen Yang and Fernando Delgado. Stephen Yang is a PhD student at the University of Southern California studying how careful human intervention is possible at the speed and scale of AI. … [Read more...] about The Participatory Turn in AI Design: Theoretical Foundations and the Current State of Practice
Conceptualizing the Relationship between AI Explanations and User Agency
🔬 Research Summary by Iyadunni J. Adenuga, a Ph.D. Candidate (ABD) at Pennsylvania State University, College of Information Sciences and Technology, with research interests in human-centered AI systems. [Original … [Read more...] about Conceptualizing the Relationship between AI Explanations and User Agency
“It doesn’t tell me anything about how my data is used”: User Perceptions of Data Collection Purposes
🔬 Research Summary by Lin Kyi, a Computer Science Ph.D. student at the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy focusing on online consent and the ethical collection of data. [Original paper by Abraham … [Read more...] about “It doesn’t tell me anything about how my data is used”: User Perceptions of Data Collection Purposes