human computer cooperation

Michael Haddad

Human-Computer

Co-operation

2 chess matches

1997: Deep Blue defeats

Kasparov

Amateurs plus PCs 1st , grandmaster

plus PC 2nd, grandmaster 3rd

2005: Freestyle chess tournament

This is an astonishing result: average men, average machines beating the best man, the best machine.

Computer amplify power of grandmaster

How much?

Computer amplify power of amateurs

simple linear amplification? A(h,c) = hc

How much?

it's about cooperation - the right type of cooperation

Turing test

Artificial IntelligenceScience of making computers do things that require intelligence

when done by humans.

Intelligence Augmentation

In 1963 Douglas Engelbart formed the Augmentation

Research Center to pursue a radically different goal to AI

— designing a computing system that would instead

“bootstrap” the human intelligence of small groups of

scientists and engineers.

September 17, 2012

Scientists have implanted a chip inside the

brains of rhesus monkeys and seen their

decision making and thinking improveJournal of Neural Engineering, the paper, by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical

Center and the University of Southern California

Other methods

Intelligence Amplification

Intelligence amplification* (IA) refers to the effective use of

information technology in augmenting human intelligence. The

theory was developed in the 1950s and 1960s by cybernetics

and early computer pioneers.

*AKA “cognitive augmentation” and “machine augmented intelligence”

Memory and

brain training

IT

Intelligence Amplification

Started with augmenting our physical abilities

Tools

Then our „intelligence‟…

Language for communications

Number systems

Writing to record

Reading to retrieve

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Humans

Hypothesis

Interfaces (senses)

Set goals

Determine criteria

Evaluate

Machines

Perfect memory

Tireless

Consistent

Volume

Computation

What do we need?Reduce HCI friction

Processing power

Big amounts of data

Analytics

IACorrect data

Learning

Weak human +

machine +

better process

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Strong human +

machine +

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Reduce Friction in Human-Computer Symbiosis: Kasparov on Chess

Higher the friction the less the amplification provided by the machine

Reduce HCI friction

Natural language

Other senses

Better interfaces

Design the human into

the process

The better the process,

the less the friction

Minimizing friction is

the decisive variable

Big ‘social’ data

Cell phones

Transactions

Computer

Twitter, Facebook

Correct data

Current affairs

Social data

History

Processing Power

Analytics

Watson plays Jeopardy

Watson learns

Helping us make decisions

Business

BI, data miningImproving HCI

Weather forecasting

Processing, satellites, history

Medical research

Gamers decipher structure of

a key protein

Social data

Mobile appsFoursquare sends location data to two third parties: Google and TwitterAngry Birds sends phone ID, location, and contacts to Google and Flurry.

+=

Better disaster response

What do we need?Reduce HCI friction

Processing power

Big amounts of data

Analytics

IACorrect data

Learning

Low friction interface

The Future

“The question is not, 'What is the answer?' The question is, 'What

is the question?'" One of the main aims of man-computer

symbiosis is to bring the computing machine effectively into the

formulative parts of technical problems.”

• http://www.palantir.com/2010/03/friction-in-human-computer-symbiosis-kasparov-on-chess/

• http://www.alanturing.net/turing_archive/pages/reference%20articles/what_is_AI/What%20is%20AI13.html#TT

• http://www.ted.com/talks/shyam_sankar_the_rise_of_human_computer_cooperation.html

• http://www.theonion.com/ • http://www.engadget.com/video/

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