Dark Sides: Envisioning, Understanding, and Preventing Harmful Effects of Writing Assistants - The Third Workshop on Intelligent and Interactive Writing Assistants

Minsuk Chang, John Joon Young Chung, Katy Ilonka Gero, Ting-Hao Kenneth Huang, Dongyeop Kang, Vipul Raheja, Sarah Sterman, Thiemo Wambsganss

Abstract: Writing assistants are becoming increasingly sophisticated and ubiquitous, fueled by advances in artificial intelligence, particularly large language models. As new use cases and models emerge, we expect the adoption rate to accelerate. This brings a sense of urgency to understanding not just the benefits, but also the potential dark sides of intelligent writing assistants. In this interdisciplinary workshop, we will explore the challenges and dark sides that our communities may have to consider as we design and deploy new tools and technologies, as well as how to prevent them. We will build off the successful workshop at CHI23 (The Second In2Writing Workshop), bringing new voices to the vibrant community of writing tools researchers established there, and building on the design space created by prior workshop participants. We invite writers, educators, researchers, industry practitioners, students, and anyone interested in creating, using, and testing future writing assistant technologies to join the conversation.