We are the Human AI Symbiosis Lab (HASL) at Dartmouth College. We study how AI-generated content and conversations shape human behavior, and how people shape AI.
This project was led by Azneef Chowdhury ’29, a Dartmouth undergraduate, as part of HASL.
Generative Memesis and AI Visuals in the 2024 USA Presidential Elections
Ho-Chun Herbert Chang et al. · ICWSM 2026
Across 239,526 Instagram images, meme format predicted engagement more strongly than AI generation alone. The study examines how people combine the two in political communication.
Multimodal Mobilization and AI-Generated Visuals in Taiwan’s Bluebird Movement
Tracy Weener and Ho-Chun Herbert Chang · ICWSM 2026
A study of how text, photographs, and AI-generated animal imagery circulated during Taiwan’s 2024 protests, including partisan attacks disguised in cute aesthetics.