Discussion about Artificial Intelligence focused on "Human-Centered AI" led by Ben Shneiderman
News Article: Human-Centered AI Approach Highlighted in New Book
In a conversation moderated by Hodan Omaar, Policy Analyst at the Center for Data Innovation, Ben Shneiderman, Emeritus Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland, discussed his new book titled "Human-Centered AI: Ensuring Human Control, Enhancing Human Performance". The conversation, held on March 23, 2022, focused on Shneiderman's vision for AI that is designed to empower people, maintain human control, and augment human creativity and abilities.
Shneiderman's "human-centered AI" approach emphasizes the importance of AI systems that work with humans, rather than autonomously instead of them. This perspective aims to amplify and augment human abilities, keep humans "in the loop", ensure ethical and trustworthy AI, balance automation and augmentation, and support creativity and self-efficacy.
The book encourages researchers, developers, business leaders, policymakers, and others to adopt the human-centered perspective on AI. It argues that this approach can produce AI technologies that are more effective, responsible, and aligned with societal values, promoting AI that better serves human needs and furthers human values, rights, justice, and dignity.
While the book does not provide specific details about the implementation of human-centered AI, it stresses the need for AI systems that enhance human well-being, maintain user agency, and promote collaboration between humans and AI. This approach is argued to result in AI technologies that are safe, reliable, and trustworthy, with clear, ethical interfaces that users can understand and trust.
The conversation highlighted the potential for AI to better serve human needs and promote human values, rights, justice, and dignity, as advocated in Shneiderman's book. It underscored the importance of building safe, reliable, and trustworthy AI systems, and the potential for the human-centered AI approach to create AI systems more beneficial to humans.
The Center for Data Innovation hosted this insightful conversation, providing a platform for discussion on the future of AI and its impact on human society. Shneiderman's book serves as a call to action for the AI community to shift from a "technology-centered" focus to a "human-centered" perspective, ensuring that AI is developed and used in a way that benefits and empowers humanity.
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