Call for Participation

Jamillah Knowles & Digit / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Core Questions

Core questions of the workshop include, but are not limited to:

What are the greatest challenges to achieving effective human oversight of AI systems?
How can we design AI systems that enable meaningful human oversight?
How do we assign responsibilities to and support the various stakeholders involved in oversight?

Workshop Format

The planned activities at the workshop include:

Lightning talks from select participants to share diverse perspectives and examples of oversight
A group-based design activity where each group focuses on a different oversight context
A red-teaming jigsaw activity where groups find failure modes, biases, and unintended consequences in the designs of other groups

Yutong Liu & Digit / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Submission Details

If you are interested in attending the workshop, please complete the Google Form below to respond to the Call for Participation. The Google Form solicits your perspective on human oversight of AI systems in terms of definitions, examples, and opinions, allowing us to plan the lightning talks and design activity. You may receive an invitation for a lightning talk in response to your submission!

List of Open Text Questions in the Form

These questions ask what oversight means to you. Please be specific when answering these questions, aiming for about a paragraph in length for each answer. There are no wrong answers!

How would you define "oversight" in the context of human oversight of AI systems?
What activities should be considered as oversight of AI systems?
What activities should NOT be considered as oversight of AI systems?

These questions ask for examples of oversight. When providing examples, please be specific (again, aim for about a paragraph for each answer), and prioritize unique examples that you have personal or academic experience with

Please provide an example of EFFECTIVE oversight
Please provide an example of INEFFECTIVE oversight

Finally, we want your personal opinions on oversight. Please provide your rationale when answering these questions, and aim for a paragraph in length for each answer. There are no wrong answers!

What is something that you think everyone working on oversight should agree upon?
What is the most important or pressing challenge for oversight?
(Optional) Do you have a controversial opinion or "spicy take" on human oversight? If so, please use this space to share it

Paper sharing question:

(Optional) If you have authored/co-authored papers on oversight and want to share them, please paste DOIs or links

Accessibility question:

Please describe any accessibility needs that may impact your ability to participate in the workshop. We will work with the conference organizers to ensure that required support, resources, and accommodations are in place to meet those needs

(Our planned activities involve talks, the use of a shared virtual whiteboard, discussions at tables, moving between tables, and writing/crafting physical artifacts)

Important Details

At CHI 2026 this workshop is registered as W4.

All deadlines below are per AoE (anywhere on earth time zone).

Form Submission Deadline: February 5, 2026
Notification to Submitters: February 25, 2026
Workshop Date: April 13-17, 2026 (specific date TBA)

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