The Human-Artificial Intelligence Lab

Lab Directors:

Prof. Dawei Wang

Assistant Professor, Innovation and Information Management Management and Strategy

Prof. Haipeng Shen

Assistant Dean (EMBA and IMBA), Innovation and Information Management, Marketing

Mission

We study comparative intelligence in humans and artificial systems to develop evidence-based frameworks for effective human–AI collaboration.

Our on-going projects:

．Large-scale human vs. artificial intelligence comparisons in areas such as creativity and logical reasoning.

．Measurement rigor: task design, scoring schemes, and evaluation standards that stay fair across humans and models.

．Develop theories and frameworks for better human-artificial intelligence collaboration at the individual and organizational level.

Latest Article:
A large-scale comparison of divergent creativity in humans and large language models

Nature Human Behaviour (2025)

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