cs.HC · 2026-09-15 · No. 114

Human-Computer Interaction, 2026-09-15.

3 new papers in cs.HC. Titles, authors, abstracts. Links to arXiv. Want this in your inbox every morning? Subscribe →

01 — The papers

3 entries
  1. 01

    More Than Just Access: Generative AI as Communication Intermediary for Blind and Low-Vision Users

    Protik Dey, Mohd Saifuzzaman, Taslima Akter

    cs.HC · cs.AI · cs.ET

    Generative AI (GenAI) tools are increasingly woven into how blind and low-vision (BLV) people communicate, not only with digital information, but with the physical world and with other people. Tools such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Be My AI, and Seeing AI translate visual and textual content into accessible form, and are beginning to substitute for interpersonal requests for help, such as asking a family member to read a label or describe a...

    arxiv.org/abs/2609.15696 · PDF

  2. 02

    Beyond AI Literacy: A Structured Review and Exploratory Meta-Analysis of Measures for Competent Generative-AI Use

    Daniele Veri'

    cs.HC · cs.AI

    Researchers assessing competent generative-AI use at work must choose among self-reports, objective tests, and measures of oversight and reliance. We conducted a structured, seeded review of 24 focal empirical publications, starting from the 2024 COSMIN-based review and adding a targeted update through 17 August 2026. We grouped the measures into four domains: knowledge and use, epistemic oversight, reliance calibration, and operational...

    arxiv.org/abs/2609.15624 · PDF

  3. 03

    Spook the Machine: Gamified Exploration of Human Imagination of Machine Fear

    Levin Brinkmann, Hiromu Yakura, Sonia Nicoletti, Mar Canet Sola, Thomas F. Eisenmann, Ali Dasmeh, Omar Sherif,...

    cs.HC · cs.AI

    What happens when AI machines express fear? Do humans engage differently depending on how they express it? And what does it take to design for affective human-AI interaction? We present Spook the Machine, a gamified platform where participants generate images to frighten AI agents endowed with personality-driven phobias. Machines respond with emotional reactions ranging from calm analysis to begging for mercy, and a gallery of successful...

    arxiv.org/abs/2609.15472 · PDF

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