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“Control Is a Trajectory, Not a Point”: Conceptualizing Control in Human-AI Co-Creativity
Abstract
In this work, I examined how experts conceptualize control in human-AI co-creativity. To do so, I leveraged a recent framework on characterizing control as the theoretical probe and conducted a semi-structured focus group with nine experts in HCI, co-creativity, and AI. My findings revealed that control is widely viewed as a dynamic, context-dependent construct that should adapt across different phases of co-creation, domains, and levels of trust in AI. Drawing on these findings, I propose a conceptualization of control and provide actionable design implications for designing such systems. This work contributes to the literature on Human-AI collaboration, Computational Creativity, and the broader field of HCI.
Alayt Issak is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in Northeastern University’s Interdisciplinary Design and Media program (inaugural cohort), where her research spans the triangular (🔺) intersection of AI, ethics, and creativity. Over the past four years, she has published consecutively at the International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC). Her dissertation focuses on the design of ethical human-AI systems for the co-creative practice and the development of a design philosophy for AI ethics in creativity. She is a recipient of Northeastern’s Ph.D. Network Graduate Fellowship (2022-2024) and a member of the GhostLab (advised by Casper Harteveld).
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