"It was 80% me, 20% AI": Seeking Authenticity in Co-Writing with Large-Language Models
Angel Hsing-Chi Hwang, Q. Vera Liao, Su Lin Blodgett, Alexandra Olteanu, Adam Trischler
Hi there! I am a human-AI interaction (HAII) researcher and an Assistant Professor at USC Annenberg. I am also a core faculty member at USC Center for AI in Society. My research explores the impact of AI on individuals' work practices and their broader societal implications.
Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Associate at the Department of Information Science at Cornell University. I also received my PhD in Communication at Cornell with a Concentration in Human-Computer Interaction. Throughout my PhD journey, I was fortunate to work at Microsoft Research, Google Research, Sony AI, Adobe, Accenture Labs, and Cornell Center for Social Sciences through various internships, fellowships, and PhD scholar programs.
I am always on the lookout for thought-provoking collaborators to work with. If you find anything interesting on this page, let's get in touch :)
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By keywords, here are some of the subjects that best capture my interests:
# Human-AI collaboration
# Socio-technical impact of AI
# Scalable methods for human-centered AI research
# Digital mental health
# Future of work & the online labor market
# Computational social science
Ongoing I serve on the program committee for CHI, CSCW, WebSci, FAccT, DIS, and C&C. Please consider sending your work to these premier venues. I look forward to reading and getting inspired by your research!
07/2025 Our work examining large-scale data across two major freelance platforms demonstrates both harms and benefits when freelancers disclose their use of AI in the online marketplace. I will present this work at the Annual Meeting of Academy of Management (AOM).
05/2025 I will lead a session on (de)valuation of AI-assisted work in the online labor market in an upcoming workshop series on "What is work worth?" at Data & Society.
04/2025 Along with my amazing colleagues, we organize the Annual ShowCAIS at USC Center for AI in Society (happening April 11 on USC campus). I will speak at a session on AI and Mental Health and moderate a session on AI, local community, and policy.
03/2025 Our workshop on disclosure, ownership, and accountability of AI use got accepted at CHIWORK. Looking forward to meeting our workhsop participants either online or in person in Amsterdam in June 🇳🇱
03/2025 It was pleasure to speak at Annenberg Research Seminar and Annenberg Leadership Summit to share some of my ongoing work on projecting AI's sociotechnical harms at scales.
02/2025 It has been a fun journey working on the topic of "scale" with MASTS. Thank you all for the thoughtful feedback for my ongoing work.
Summer 2025 Qian Yang (Cornell IS), Tanzeem Choudhury (Cornell Tech), Fei Wang (Weill Cornell Medicine), and I co-organize the inaugural Thought Summit on AI in Mental Health. This week-long event brings together experts from computer science, HCI, clinical health, and health policy to jointly discuss the new frontier of digital mental health.
01/2025 Our panel on "Human Subjects Research in the Age of Generative AI" is accepted at CHI 2025. Along with an amazing group of computer and social scientists, we will jointly discuss (and debate!) opportunities and challenges of applying LLM-simulated data to HCI studies. We are actively developing an agenda for discussion at the panel. If you get thoughts or questions about this topic, please reach out!
01/2025 We did a live webinar at The Workforce Lab at Slack, Salesforce. In this ongoing project, Marlon Twyman (USC), Matt O'Donnell (UPenn), and I explore the impact of generative AI on hiring decisions for professional creators across the online labor market.
Angel Hsing-Chi Hwang, Q. Vera Liao, Su Lin Blodgett, Alexandra Olteanu, Adam Trischler
Angel Hsing-Chi Hwang, Daniel A. Adler, Meir Friedenberg, Qian Yang
Angel Hsing-Chi Hwang, Andrea Stevenson Won
Best Paper Honorable Mention
Angel Hsing-Chi Hwang
Laura Herman, Angel Hsing-Chi Hwang
Angel Hsing-Chi Hwang, Andrea Stevenson Won
Best Paper Honorable Mention