CHI '26CorrespondingGenerative AI (Text, Image, Music, Video) +2
"I Can Be Anything!" Bridging Today and the Future through Generative AI-driven Self-represented Career Imagination for Children
Children’s career imagination of their future selves is critical for motivation and identity formation, particularly by fostering continuity between present and future. However, current interventions often lead children—whose developmental stage limits future-oriented thinking—to view their future not as something con…