Alice Wong

Department of Philosophy

The University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR

I am an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong, where I teach on the MA programmes in AI, Ethics, and Society and in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.

My work sits between cognitive neuroscience, philosophy of mind, and machine learning, and it circles one question: where are the boundaries of human agency? During my PhD in Computational and Data Sciences at Chapman University I built a low-latency, closed-loop TMS–EMG setup that triggers a brain-stimulation-evoked movement precisely as a participant is about to move voluntarily — close enough to the moment of action that people disown the movement as not their own. Related work has used Lempel–Ziv complexity to characterise how badly humans generate random sequences, and has examined how suggestion shapes psychedelic experience.

More recently I have turned to the machine side of the comparison: what it means to say an algorithm is simulated rather than run, how prompt engineering is really critical thinking in disguise, and how creative industries are absorbing generative AI. I also organise a community reading group with AI Safety Hong Kong.

You can read my publications, browse my research projects, or download my CV.

selected publications

AI & SOC

Perceptions and integration of generative artificial intelligence in creative practices and industries: A scoping review and conceptual model

J. Tsao, C. X. Liang, C. Nogues, and 1 more author

AI & SOCIETY, 2026

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@article{tsao2026perceptions,
  title = {Perceptions and integration of generative artificial intelligence in creative practices and industries: A scoping review and conceptual model},
  author = {Tsao, J. and Liang, C. X. and Nogues, C. and Wong, A.},
  journal = {AI & SOCIETY},
  volume = {41},
  number = {3},
  pages = {2259--2278},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {Springer},
  doi = {10.1007/s00146-025-02667-2},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-025-02667-2},
}

Transcult. Psych.

Microdosing with classical psychedelics: Research trajectories and practical considerations

A. Wong and A. Raz

Transcultural Psychiatry, 2022

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@article{wong2022microdosing,
  title = {Microdosing with classical psychedelics: Research trajectories and practical considerations},
  author = {Wong, A. and Raz, A.},
  journal = {Transcultural Psychiatry},
  volume = {59},
  number = {5},
  pages = {675--690},
  year = {2022},
  publisher = {SAGE Publications},
  doi = {10.1177/13634615221129115},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/13634615221129115},
}

Sci. Rep.

Characterizing human random-sequence generation in competitive and non-competitive environments using Lempel–Ziv complexity

A. Wong, G. Merholz, and U. Maoz

Scientific Reports, 2021

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@article{wong2021characterizing,
  title = {Characterizing human random-sequence generation in competitive and non-competitive environments using Lempel--Ziv complexity},
  author = {Wong, A. and Merholz, G. and Maoz, U.},
  journal = {Scientific Reports},
  volume = {11},
  number = {1},
  pages = {20662},
  year = {2021},
  publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
  doi = {10.1038/s41598-021-99967-6},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99967-6},
}

In prep.

It wasn’t me! Inducing denials of agency with a closed-loop TMS–EMG paradigm

A. Wong, T. Lan, D. Wu, and 2 more authors

. The closed-loop TMS–EMG setup behind this work is featured on PBS NOVA , 2026

Manuscript in preparation

Abs Video

A closed-loop transcranial magnetic stimulation and electromyography paradigm that delivers a stimulation-evoked movement time-locked to a participant’s own self-initiated action, allowing the sense of agency over an executed movement to be disrupted and denied.