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Game-theoretic dynamics between AI agents could differ from traditional human-human interactions in various ways. One such difference is that it may be possible to accurately simulate an AI agent, for example because its source code is…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-03-05 Vojtech Kovarik , Caspar Oesterheld , Vincent Conitzer

Storytelling is an integral part of human culture and significantly impacts cognitive and socio-emotional development and connection. Despite the importance of interactive visual storytelling, the process of creating such content requires…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Victor Nikhil Antony , Chien-Ming Huang

Human-AI co-creation aims to combine human and AI strengths for artistic results exceeding individual capabilities. Frameworks exist for painting, music, and poetry, but choreography's embodied nature demands a dedicated approach. This…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-05-08 Yimeng Liu

AI Advancements have augmented casual writing and story generation, but their usage poses challenges in collaborative storytelling. In role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), composing prompts using generative AI requires a…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-04-05 Jose Ma. Santiago , Richard Lance Parayno , Jordan Aiko Deja , Briane Paul V. Samson

The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) bring human-AI interaction to the forefront of HCI research. This paper argues that games are an ideal domain for studying and experimenting with how humans interact with…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-01-19 Jichen Zhu , Jennifer Villareale , Nithesh Javvaji , Sebastian Risi , Mathias Löwe , Rush Weigelt , Casper Harteveld

Character design in games involves interdisciplinary collaborations, typically between designers who create the narrative content, and illustrators who realize the design vision. However, traditional workflows face challenges in…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-08-19 Long Ling , Xinyi Chen , Ruoyu Wen , Toby Jia-Jun Li , Ray LC

Machine learning advances have afforded an increase in algorithms capable of creating art, music, stories, games, and more. However, it is not yet well-understood how machine learning algorithms might best collaborate with people to support…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-01-23 Matthew Guzdial , Nicholas Liao , Jonathan Chen , Shao-Yu Chen , Shukan Shah , Vishwa Shah , Joshua Reno , Gillian Smith , Mark Riedl

Human-AI co-creativity represents a transformative shift in how humans and generative AI tools collaborate in creative processes. This chapter explores the synergies between human ingenuity and AI capabilities across four levels of…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-11-27 Jennifer Haase , Sebastian Pokutta

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has ushered in a new era for storytellers, providing a powerful tool to ignite creativity and explore uncharted narrative territories. As technology continues to advance, the synergy between human…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-03-05 Ahmed Y. Radwan , Khaled M. Alasmari , Omar A. Abdulbagi , Emad A. Alghamdi

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming healthcare, enabling fast development of tools like stress monitors, wellness trackers, and mental health chatbots. However, rapid and low-barrier development can introduce risks of bias,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Xingmeng Zhao , Tongnian Wang , Dan Schumacher , Veronica Rammouz , Anthony Rios

Generative AI is shaping an increasingly hybrid society, where ideas and cultural artefacs are created both by humans and intelligent machines. Human creativity is influenced in complex, nonlinear ways by the actions of AI-driven agents…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-05-14 Shota Shiiku , Raja Marjieh , Manuel Anglada-Tort , Nori Jacoby

In recent years, agents have become capable of communicating seamlessly via natural language and navigating in environments that involve cooperation and competition, a fact that can introduce social dilemmas. Due to the interleaving of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-01-28 Maayan Orner , Oleg Maksimov , Akiva Kleinerman , Charles Ortiz , Sarit Kraus

This paper considers how interactions with AI algorithms can boost human creative thought. We employ a psychological task that demonstrates limits on human creativity, namely semantic feature generation: given a concept name, respondents…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-11-20 Ara Vartanian , Xiaoxi Sun , Yun-Shiuan Chuang , Siddharth Suresh , Xiaojin Zhu , Timothy T. Rogers

AI Stories is a proposed interactive dialogue system, that lets children co-create narrative worlds through conversation. Over the next three years this system will be developed and tested within pediatric wards, where it offers a useful…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-11-10 Ben Burtenshaw

The landscape of digital games is segregated by player ability. For example, sighted players have a multitude of highly visual games at their disposal, while blind players may choose from a variety of audio games. Attempts at improving…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-01-15 David Gonçalves , André Rodrigues , Mike L. Richardson , Alexandra A. de Sousa , Michael J. Proulx , Tiago Guerreiro

We present a pilot study on crea.blender, a novel co-creative game designed for large-scale, systematic assessment of distinct constructs of human creativity. Co-creative systems are systems in which humans and computers (often with Machine…

Emerging experimental evidence shows that writing with AI assistance can change both the views people express in writing and the opinions they hold afterwards. Yet, we lack substantive understanding of procedural and behavioral changes in…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-03-12 Advait Bhat , Marianne Aubin Le Quéré , Mor Naaman , Maurice Jakesch

While human-AI collaboration systems have increasingly been built to increase efficiency or support creativity, little work has examined how the design of interactions shapes the social connection between human and artificial agent. We…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Michael Yin , Angela Chiang , Samuel Rhys Cox , Robert Xiao

Educational games can foster critical thinking, problem-solving, and motivation, yet instructors often find it difficult to design games that reliably achieve specific learning outcomes. Existing authoring environments reduce the need for…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-03-05 Daijin Yang , Erica Kleinman , Casper Harteveld

This paper describes a new version of the mixed-initiative collaborative level designing system: Baba is Y'all, as well as the results of a user study on the system. Baba is Y'all is a prototype for AI-assisted game design in collaboration…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-10-11 M Charity , Isha Dave , Ahmed Khalifa , Julian Togelius