Rather than rendering people jobless, artificial intelligence\u2014even \u201cdumb AI\u201d which is not very sophisticated\u2014can boost performance of human groups, suggests new research.In a series of experiments using teams of human players and robotic AI players, the inclusion of \u201cbots\u201d boosted the performance of human groups and the individual players, showed the study published in the journal Nature.<\/p>\n
\u201cMuch of the current conversation about artificial intelligence has to do with whether AI is a substitute for human beings. We believe the conversation should be about AI as a complement to human beings,\u201d said senior author of the study Nicholas Christakis, Yale Institute for Network Science (YINS), New Haven, Connecticut, US.<\/p>\n
The researchers conducted an experiment involving an online game that required groups of people to coordinate their actions for a collective goal.<\/p>\n
The human players also interacted with anonymous bots that were programmed with three levels of behavioral randomness\u2014meaning the AI bots sometimes deliberately made mistakes.<\/p>\n
More than 4,000 people participated in the experiment, which used a Yale-developed software called breadboard.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe mixed people and machines into one system, interacting on a level playing field,\u201d first author Hirokazu Shirado of Yale University said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted to ask, \u2018Can you program the bots in simple ways?\u2019 and does that help human performance?\u201d Shirado added.<\/p>\n
The answer to both questions is yes, the researchers said.<\/p>\n
Not only did the inclusion of bots aid the overall performance of human players, it proved particularly beneficial when tasks became more difficult, the study found.<\/p>\n
The bots accelerated the median time for groups to solve problems by 55.6 per cent.<\/p>\n
People whose performance improved when working with the bots subsequently influenced other human players to raise their game, the researchers said.<\/p>\n
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