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Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) offer fine control, but mapping high-level intent (e.g., "warm the vocals") to low-level edits breaks creative flow. Existing artificial intelligence (AI) music generators are typically one-shot, limiting…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-12-04 Aaron C Elkins , Sanchit Singh , Adrian Kieback , Sawyer Blankenship , Uyiosa Philip Amadasun , Aman Chadha

Large Language Model agents are reshaping the industrial landscape. However, most practical agents remain human-designed because tasks differ widely, making them labor-intensive to build. This situation poses a central question: can we…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Zhezheng Hao , Hong Wang , Jian Luo , Jianqing Zhang , Yuyan Zhou , Qiang Lin , Can Wang , Hande Dong , Jiawei Chen

This study presents a theory-inspired visual narrative generative system that integrates conceptual principles-comic authoring idioms-with generative and language models to enhance the comic creation process. Our system combines human…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-09-27 Yi-Chun Chen , Arnav Jhala

We introduce Toyteller, an AI-powered storytelling system where users generate a mix of story text and visuals by directly manipulating character symbols like they are toy-playing. Anthropomorphized symbol motions can convey rich and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-01-24 John Joon Young Chung , Melissa Roemmele , Max Kreminski

Longitudinal engagement with generative AI (GenAI) storytelling agents is a timely but less charted domain. We explored multi-generational experiences with "Dreamsmithy," a daily dream-crafting app, where participants (N = 28) co-created…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-06-02 Émilie Fabre , Katie Seaborn , Shuta Koiwai , Mizuki Watanabe , Paul Riesch

High-quality code documentation is crucial for software development especially in the era of AI. However, generating it automatically using Large Language Models (LLMs) remains challenging, as existing approaches often produce incomplete,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-05-27 Dayu Yang , Antoine Simoulin , Xin Qian , Xiaoyi Liu , Yuwei Cao , Zhaopu Teng , Grey Yang

High-quality data is essential for conversational recommendation systems and serves as the cornerstone of the network architecture development and training strategy design. Existing works contribute heavy human efforts to manually labeling…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-06-19 Yu Lu , Junwei Bao , Zichen Ma , Xiaoguang Han , Youzheng Wu , Shuguang Cui , Xiaodong He

Social narratives help autistic children understand and navigate social situations through stories. To ensure effective practice, however, they often require significant time and effort from parents in customizing the narrative materials…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-04-06 Jungeun Lee , Kyungah Lee , Inseok Hwang , SoHyun Park , Young-Ho Kim

Storyboarding is an established method for designing user experiences. Generative AI can support this process by helping designers quickly create visual narratives. However, existing tools only focus on accurate text-to-image generation.…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-07-11 Zhaohui Liang , Xiaoyu Zhang , Kevin Ma , Zhao Liu , Xipei Ren , Kosa Goucher-Lambert , Can Liu

New systems employ Machine Learning to sift through large knowledge sources, creating flexible Large Language Models. These models discern context and predict sequential information in various communication forms. Generative AI, leveraging…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-07-19 Ted Selker

Data storytelling workflows ask learners to integrate analytical, design, and narrative skills, but instructors rarely have the capacity to provide detailed feedback at each step. Computational and AI-assisted storytelling offers…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Jennifer Posada , Taha Hassan , Lujie Karen Chen , Louise Yarnall , Jiaqi Gong

Improvisation training for actors presents unique challenges, particularly in maintaining narrative coherence and managing cognitive load during performances. Previous research on AI in improvisation performance often predates advances in…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-07-01 Riccardo Drago , Yotam Sechayk , Mustafa Doga Dogan , Andrea Sanna , Takeo Igarashi

Existing Natural Language Generation (NLG) systems are weak AI systems and exhibit limited capabilities when language generation tasks demand higher levels of creativity, originality and brevity. Effective solutions or, at least evaluations…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2017-08-22 Parag Jain , Priyanka Agrawal , Abhijit Mishra , Mohak Sukhwani , Anirban Laha , Karthik Sankaranarayanan

Data-driven storytelling has gained prominence in journalism and other data reporting fields. However, the process of creating these stories remains challenging, often requiring the integration of effective visualizations with compelling…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Yu Fu , Dennis Bromley , Vidya Setlur

Story composition is a challenging problem for machines and even for humans. We present a neural narrative generation system that interacts with humans to generate stories. Our system has different levels of human interaction, which enables…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2019-06-04 Seraphina Goldfarb-Tarrant , Haining Feng , Nanyun Peng

While diffusion models generate high-fidelity video clips, transforming them into coherent storytelling engines remains challenging. Current agentic pipelines automate this via chained modules but suffer from semantic drift and cascading…

Writing compelling fiction is a multifaceted process combining elements such as crafting a plot, developing interesting characters, and using evocative language. While large language models (LLMs) show promise for story writing, they…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-03-17 Fantine Huot , Reinald Kim Amplayo , Jennimaria Palomaki , Alice Shoshana Jakobovits , Elizabeth Clark , Mirella Lapata

Creating music is iterative, requiring varied methods at each stage. However, existing AI music systems fall short in orchestrating multiple subsystems for diverse needs. To address this gap, we introduce Loop Copilot, a novel system that…

Sound · Computer Science 2024-09-02 Yixiao Zhang , Akira Maezawa , Gus Xia , Kazuhiko Yamamoto , Simon Dixon

Current AI writing tools, which rely on text prompts, poorly support the spatial and interactive nature of storytelling where ideas emerge from direct manipulation and play. We present PlayWrite, a mixed-reality system where users author…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-03-04 Esen K. Tütüncü , Qian Zhou , Frederik Brudy , George Fitzmaurice , Fraser Anderson

Automated rationale generation is an approach for real-time explanation generation whereby a computational model learns to translate an autonomous agent's internal state and action data representations into natural language. Training on…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-01-15 Upol Ehsan , Pradyumna Tambwekar , Larry Chan , Brent Harrison , Mark Riedl