The future of collaboration between humans and intelligent machines

The future of collaboration between humans and intelligent machines
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Co-Design

The future of collaboration between humans and intelligent machines

Written by
Sandeep Ozarde

06 min read

Written by
Sandeep Ozarde

06 min read

Co-Design

The future of collaboration between humans and intelligent machines

We will look at principles that businesses can apply when optimising human-machine interactions. As more organisations become aware of the potential for shared intelligence or the Extended Mind Thesis (The EMT was proposed by Andy Clark and David Chalmers in "The Extended Mind" (1998). They describe the idea as "active externalism, based on the active role of the environment in driving cognitive processes."). The extended mind thesis says that the mind does not exclusively reside in the brain or even the body, but extends into the physical world, they will understand how humans and AI actively enhance each other's complimentary benefits. According to Xu and Gregory Dudek, businesses that leverage the combined and integrated intelligence capabilities of humans and intelligent machines are more likely to be highly efficient and competitive.

While many definitions of artificial intelligence have been proposed over the last several decades, John McCarthy offers the following definition in this 2004 paper, "It is the science and engineering of making intelligent machines, especially intelligent computer programs. It is related to the similar task of using computers to understand human intelligence, but AI does not have to confine itself to methods that are biologically observable." Decades before this definition, the birth of the artificial intelligence conversation was denoted by Alan Turing's seminal work, "Computing Machinery and Intelligence", which was published in 1950.

Creating a productive work environment

To create a work environment in which collaboration between AI and humans is the primary source of productivity, business leaders must first understand how humans can improve machines more effectively. Business leaders seeking to advance human-machine collaboration in the design must begin with the conviction that AI will not replace workers but will enable them to maximise their potential. To maximise the benefits of this collaboration, businesses must first understand how humans operate machines most effectively, how machines can enhance what humans do best, and how to redesign business processes to facilitate partnerships.

Employee satisfaction will increase as they learn new roles and how to get the most out of machines as a result of human-machine collaboration. Humans will be required to perform novel and different tasks in order to achieve human-machine interaction.

Individuals will need to develop an entirely new mindset and set of skills to succeed in new roles. These new human roles in industry and business will result in increased collaboration between humans and intelligent machines as they jointly research, design, test, and scale new or improved products and services or participate actively in value co-creation.

Society 5.0 will not be defined by the superiority of intelligent machines over humans, but by increased collaboration between humans and machines, resulting in innovations that will result in the establishment of a superintelligent service company and revitalise a fivefold economic sector. While it is unknown whether humans are capable of handling artificial intelligence, what is certain is that the future will present business leaders with unimaginable opportunities and will fundamentally alter our work environment. The efficiency and other economic benefits associated with code-based artificial intelligence will continue to disrupt all facets of human work.

Rather than that, the future is more likely to involve collaborations between humans and robots (cobots) to accomplish tasks more efficiently. Humans and machines will collaborate to exchange and share information in the future, and they will work toward a common goal of meeting the needs of individuals and organisations. If the technology is clear, fair, and reliable, human-computer interaction will benefit underwriting. I believe that the Space insurance industry will benefit greatly from the collaboration of humans and computers. (without the assistance of machine intelligence, humans alone cannot assess the risks associated with Space exploration)

They must be trained and equipped with the necessary skills to integrate humans and computers. Insurance companies that do so properly will undoubtedly benefit from a new generation of tech-savvy insurers. Human-machine collaborations can only be fully realised if insurers implement new software thoughtfully and purposefully; decisions must be carefully considered to ensure that they are fair and understandable to subscribers and their customers.

When an organisation develops a technology strategy, it is critical to prioritise the development of a human-machine-centric system. Additionally, employees must understand how to combine their unique human abilities with those of an intelligent machine to achieve results that neither of them could achieve alone, such as in robotic surgery. Making every effort to ensure that individuals can contribute their unique value will be a priority in the future of human labour.

While machines are still used in commerce, those with cognitive capabilities and a certain level of intelligence should no longer be referred to as tools but as "entities that collaborate with human entities to perform tasks" (Phillips et al., 2011).

With "intelligence" (cognitive functions) ascribed to machines, the term "cooperation between agents" is more apt to refer to situations in which humans and machines coexist as an agent and perform distinct manual and mental functions.

We must recognise that when we use the term "intelligent," we imply that AI systems are agents that "cooperate" with other humans and human agents to accomplish tasks.

According to Hutchins' definition of cognitive activity, an activity in which humans and machines collaborate is one in which cognitive activity is shared between human and non-human agents. To address the ethical issues that arise when intelligent systems are integrated into human activities, we must examine how cooperation between intelligent agents should be organised and what the ethics of such cooperation should be. We need design guidelines to assist businesses in comprehending and implementing the power of collaborative analytics through our research and fieldwork.

For example, in a university context and in developing countries, these AI capabilities are likely to be available through universities, depending on the magnitude of their cost-sharing and the opportunities to exploit this human-machine collaboration, as co-creation of value can occur only in these spaces. While many views AI as a means of enhancing human capabilities, others predict the inverse: Humans' growing reliance on machine-controlled networks will erode their ability to think independently, act autonomously, and interact effectively with others. With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence and automated workflows, it is assumed, if not feared, that as computers increasingly outperform humans at various tasks, they will soon be able to "think" in more general terms. Economic and political systems must be altered to allow humans to compete more effectively with robots. Reorganization of economic and political systems in order to enhance human capabilities and abilities, as well as trends that will erode human relevance in the face of programmed intelligence.