AI and the Self: Exploring Identity, Agency, and Relational Personhood

Amy McCerery; Jayne Wallace; William Gaver; Kyle Montague; William Odom; Samuel Barnett; Austin L. Toombs; Anja Thieme; Claire Craig; Tiago Guerreiro

doi:10.1145/3772363.3778792

AI and the Self: Exploring Identity, Agency, and Relational Personhood

Amy McCerery^*, Jayne Wallace, William Gaver, Kyle Montague, William Odom, Samuel Barnett, Austin L. Toombs, Anja Thieme, Claire Craig, Tiago Guerreiro

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2026 - Extended Abtracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Editors	Nuria Oliver, David A. Shamma, Heloisa Candello, Pablo Cesar, Pedro Lopes, Valentino Artizzu, Fiona Draxler, Gustavo Lopez, Anke V. Reinschluessel, Xin Tong, Phoebe O. Toups Dugas
Place of Publication	New York, NY, United States
Publisher	ACM
Pages	1-4
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9798400722813
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3778792
Publication status	Published - 13 Apr 2026
Event	Extended Abtracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2026 - Barcelona, Spain Duration: 13 Apr 2026 → 17 Apr 2026

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

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Conference	Extended Abtracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2026
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Barcelona
Period	13/04/26 → 17/04/26

Keywords

Agency
Artificial Intelligence
Design Practices
Identity
Methodologies
Personhood

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McCerery, A., Wallace, J., Gaver, W., Montague, K., Odom, W., Barnett, S., Toombs, A. L., Thieme, A., Craig, C., & Guerreiro, T. (2026). AI and the Self: Exploring Identity, Agency, and Relational Personhood. In N. Oliver, D. A. Shamma, H. Candello, P. Cesar, P. Lopes, V. Artizzu, F. Draxler, G. Lopez, A. V. Reinschluessel, X. Tong, & P. O. Toups Dugas (Eds.), CHI 2026 - Extended Abtracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-4). Article 792 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3778792

McCerery, Amy ; Wallace, Jayne ; Gaver, William et al. / AI and the Self : Exploring Identity, Agency, and Relational Personhood. CHI 2026 - Extended Abtracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. editor / Nuria Oliver ; David A. Shamma ; Heloisa Candello ; Pablo Cesar ; Pedro Lopes ; Valentino Artizzu ; Fiona Draxler ; Gustavo Lopez ; Anke V. Reinschluessel ; Xin Tong ; Phoebe O. Toups Dugas. New York, NY, United States : ACM, 2026. pp. 1-4 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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AI and the Self: Exploring Identity, Agency, and Relational Personhood. / McCerery, Amy ; Wallace, Jayne; Gaver, William et al.
CHI 2026 - Extended Abtracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ed. / Nuria Oliver; David A. Shamma; Heloisa Candello; Pablo Cesar; Pedro Lopes; Valentino Artizzu; Fiona Draxler; Gustavo Lopez; Anke V. Reinschluessel; Xin Tong; Phoebe O. Toups Dugas. New York, NY, United States: ACM, 2026. p. 1-4 792 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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McCerery A , Wallace J, Gaver W, Montague K, Odom W, Barnett S et al. AI and the Self: Exploring Identity, Agency, and Relational Personhood. In Oliver N, Shamma DA, Candello H, Cesar P, Lopes P, Artizzu V, Draxler F, Lopez G, Reinschluessel AV, Tong X, Toups Dugas PO, editors, CHI 2026 - Extended Abtracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, United States: ACM. 2026. p. 1-4. 792. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). doi: 10.1145/3772363.3778792

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