Human–AI Interaction
Explore the science behind our changing relationship with artificial intelligence. Discover research on human thinking, creativity, emotions, decision-making and consciousness.
Is Artificial Intelligence Changing the Way We Think?
Explore how people use AI and digital tools to retrieve information, solve problems and make decisions. Examine cognitive offloading and why independent reasoning remains important as AI becomes part of everyday life.
AI-assisted thinking, human cognition, critical thinking and cognitive offloading.
Michael Gerlich, PhD — Research on AI, decision-making, cognitive offloading and critical thinking.
Scientific paper · 2025
AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking ↗
Supporting research · 2011
Can Artificial Intelligence Make Humans More Creative?
Discover how generative AI can help people develop ideas and produce creative work. Explore how AI may improve individual creative outcomes while making ideas across groups more similar.
Generative AI, creativity, idea generation and human–AI collaboration.
Anil R. Doshi, PhD — Co-author of research examining generative AI and creative outcomes.
Scientific paper · 2024
Generative AI Enhances Individual Creativity but Reduces the Collective Diversity of Novel Content ↗
Supporting research · 2023
Experimental Evidence on the Productivity Effects of Generative Artificial Intelligence ↗
Are We Becoming Emotionally Attached to Artificial Intelligence?
Examine why people may experience companionship or attachment toward conversational AI and social robots. Explore trust, loneliness, emotional expectations and human relationships.
Human–AI relationships, emotional attachment, social interaction and companionship technologies.
Sherry Turkle, PhD — MIT scholar known for research on technology, psychology and human relationships.
Scientific paper · 2006
The Relational Artifact: A Sociological Approach to the Psychology of Human-Robot Interaction ↗
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Can We Trust AI to Make Important Decisions for Us?
Discover why people sometimes prefer algorithmic recommendations but may lose confidence after an algorithm makes mistakes. Explore transparency, human oversight and responsible AI decisions.
Algorithmic decision-making, automation bias, human judgment and trust in AI.
Jennifer M. Logg, PhD — Behavioral scientist studying responses to algorithmic and human advice.
Scientific paper · 2019
Algorithm Appreciation: People Prefer Algorithmic to Human Judgment ↗
Supporting research · 2015
Algorithm Aversion: People Erroneously Avoid Algorithms After Seeing Them Err ↗
Can Artificial Intelligence Understand Human Consciousness and Emotions?
Explore the distinction between generating convincing human language and understanding meaning. Consider the limits of machine cognition and why AI consciousness remains debated.
AI language systems, apparent understanding, emotional intelligence, consciousness and machine cognition.
Emily M. Bender, PhD — University of Washington linguist studying computational linguistics and language technology.
Scientific paper · 2021
On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big? ↗
Supporting research · 2020
Climbing towards NLU: On Meaning, Form, and Understanding in the Age of Data ↗
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