3 papers
cs.HC2026
From Producing to Validating: How AI Is Deskilling Freelancers
Nakul Rajpal
Generative AI is promoted as a way to enhance knowledge work, yet its benefits and drawbacks fall unevenly across the workforce. Freelance and gig workers, who commonly lack the up…
cs.AI2026
Design Theater: Evaluating the Gap Between User-Facing Design Reasoning and Implementation in Generative UI Tools
Kashif Imteyaz, Kaif Imteyaz, Nakul Rajpal +3
Generative UI tools promise to democratize UI design by turning natural language descriptions into complete interfaces. Alongside the interface, these tools generate user-facing de…
cs.HC2026
Upskilling with Generative AI: Practices and Challenges for Freelance Knowledge Workers
Kashif Imteyaz, Isabel Lopez, Nakul Rajpal +2
Freelance workers must continually acquire new skills to remain competitive in online labor markets, yet they lack the organizational training, mentorship, and infrastructure avail…