A1 Journal article (refereed)
Towards machines that understand people (2023)

Howes, A., Jokinen, J. P.P., & Oulasvirta, A. (2023). Towards machines that understand people. AI Magazine, 44(3), 312-327. https://doi.org/10.1002/aaai.12116

JYU authors or editors

Publication details

All authors or editors: Howes, Andrew; Jokinen, Jussi P. P.; Oulasvirta, Antti

Journal or series: AI Magazine

ISSN: 0738-4602

eISSN: 2371-9621

Publication year: 2023

Publication date: 04/09/2023

Volume: 44

Issue number: 3

Pages range: 312-327

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Publication country: United States

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/aaai.12116

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/88967

Abstract

The ability to estimate the state of a human partner is an insufficient basis on which to build cooperative agents. Also needed is an ability to predict how people adapt their behavior in response to an agent's actions. We propose a new approach based on computational rationality, which models humans based on the idea that predictions can be derived by calculating policies that are approximately optimal given human-like bounds. Computational rationality brings together reinforcement learning and cognitive modeling in pursuit of this goal, facilitating machine understanding of humans.

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; cognitive processes; human-computer interaction

Contributing organizations

Ministry reporting: Yes

VIRTA submission year: 2023

JUFO rating: 1