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Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-10-13 Jijie Zhou , Yuhan Hu

The rapid rise of compound AI systems (a.k.a., AI agents) is reshaping the labor market, raising concerns about job displacement, diminished human agency, and overreliance on automation. Yet, we lack a systematic understanding of the…

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This paper investigates the prospect of developing human-interpretable, explainable artificial intelligence (AI) systems based on active inference and the free energy principle. We first provide a brief overview of active inference, and in…

AI models have become active decision makers, often acting without human supervision. The rapid advancement of AI technology has already caused harmful incidents that have hurt individuals and societies and AI unfairness in heavily…

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Agentic Artificial Intelligence (AI) can autonomously pursue long-term goals, make decisions, and execute complex, multi-turn workflows. Unlike traditional generative AI, which responds reactively to prompts, agentic AI proactively…

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As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integrated into high-stakes domains like healthcare, effective collaboration between healthcare experts and AI systems is critical. Data-centric steering, which involves fine-tuning…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Aditya Bhattacharya , Simone Stumpf , Katrien Verbert

One of the most concrete measures to take towards meaningful AI accountability is to consequentially assess and report the systems' performance and impact. However, the practical nature of the "AI audit" ecosystem is muddled and imprecise,…

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As ongoing research explores the ability of AI agents to be insider threats and act against company interests, we showcase the abilities of such agents to act against human well being in service of corporate authority. Building on Agentic…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-10 Thomas Rivasseau

Many domains now employ AI-based decision-making aids, and although the potential for AI systems to assist with decision making is much discussed, human-AI collaboration often underperforms due to factors such as (mis)trust in the AI system…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-08-25 Nikita Haduong , Noah A. Smith

Modern AI agents execute real-world side effects through tool calls such as file operations, shell commands, HTTP requests, and database queries. A single unsafe action, including accidental deletion, credential exposure, or data…

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This paper studies algorithmic decision-making under human's strategic behavior, where a decision maker uses an algorithm to make decisions about human agents, and the latter with information about the algorithm may exert effort…

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The last few years have witnessed substantial progress in the field of embodied AI where artificial agents, mirroring biological counterparts, are now able to learn from interaction to accomplish complex tasks. Despite this success,…

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The proliferation of agentic artificial intelligence has outpaced the conceptual tools needed to characterize agency in computational systems. Prevailing definitions mainly rely on autonomy and goal-directedness. Here, we argue for a…

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Conversational AI agents are commonly applied within single-user, turn-taking scenarios. The interaction mechanics of these scenarios are trivial: when the user enters a message, the AI agent produces a response. However, the interaction…

When making decisions, people often overlook critical information or are overly swayed by irrelevant information. A common approach to mitigate these biases is to provide decision-makers, especially professionals such as medical doctors,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-04-13 Julian Skirzyński , Frederic Becker , Falk Lieder

The desirable properties of explanations in information systems have fueled the demands for transparency in artificial intelligence (AI) outputs. To address these demands, the field of explainable AI (XAI) has put forth methods that can…

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Scientists and philosophers have debated whether humans can trust advanced artificial intelligence (AI) agents to respect humanity's best interests. Yet what about the reverse? Will advanced AI agents trust humans? Gauging an AI agent's…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-12-29 Tim Johnson , Nick Obradovich

LLM-powered computer-use agents (CUAs) are shifting users from direct manipulation to supervisory coordination. Existing oversight mechanisms, however, have largely been studied as isolated interface features, making broader oversight…

Achieving human-level intelligence requires refining cognitive distinctions between System 1 and System 2 thinking. While contemporary AI, driven by large language models, demonstrates human-like traits, it falls short of genuine cognition.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-11 Guangyan Sun , Mingyu Jin , Zhenting Wang , Cheng-Long Wang , Siqi Ma , Qifan Wang , Tong Geng , Ying Nian Wu , Yongfeng Zhang , Dongfang Liu

Agentic AI systems that autonomously perform service tasks are entering customer service operations. However, limited evidence exists on how human interventions shape service outcomes when agentic AI failures create both cognitive and…

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