Cited by 146Human-Automation Interaction and SafetyAI-based Problem Solving and PlanningSystems Engineering Methodologies and Applications

Man versus Machine or Man + Machine?

Cummings, Mary Missy·2014·IEEE Intelligent Systems

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Allocating roles and functions between the human and computer is critical in defining efficient and effective system architectures. However, past methodologies for balancing the roles and functionalities between humans and computers in complex systems have little connection to different types of required cognition, behaviors, or tasks, or don't address the role of uncertainty in the environment. To augment these previous role allocation approaches, this article presents a modification to the skill, rule, and knowledge-based behavior taxonomy that includes expertise and uncertainty. Skill-based behaviors are the best candidates for automation, assuming significant sensor performance assumptions can be met, but rule and knowledge-based reasoning are better suited for human-computer collaboration. Such systems should be designed so that humans harness the raw computational and search power of computers for state-space reduction, but also allow them the latitude to apply their expertise in uncertain situations through inductive reasoning for potentially creative, out-of-the-box thinking.

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  • Computer scientists' primary objective is to automate as far as possible because they often regard humans as a mere disturbance in the system.

    “Their primary objective is to automate as far as possible, because they often regard humans as”

    From Artificial Intelligence and Management: The Automation–Augmentation Paradox (2021) · cites this paper as Cummings, 2014: 62

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Authors
Cummings, M. M.
Affiliations
Duke University and MIT
Venue
IEEE Intelligent Systems
Published
2014-09
Volume
29
Issue
5
Pages
62-69
ISSN
  • 1541-1672 (ISSN-L)
  • 1941-1294
OpenAlex
W1984893382
Cited by
146
References
13
Citations by year
2026: 28 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 5
FWCI
9.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
IEEE Intelligent Systems (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › AI-based Problem Solving and Planning
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Control and Systems Engineering › Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications
Keywords
human-computer collaboration, role assignment, rule-based behavior, knowledge reasoning, expertise, uncertainty, automation, state space reduction, inductive reasoning

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