arXiv Machine Learning

The Timing Dependencies of Trust: Speed, Accuracy, and cBCI Neuro-Decoupling in Human-AI Teams

The study examines how the speed and accuracy of an AI teammate—Fast/Less-Accurate (FLA-AI) versus Slow/Accurate (SA-AI)—affect performance in a collaborative Brain‑Computer Interface (cBCI) team during a virtual reality drone search task. Fast AI leads to instant, blind compliance and a sharp drop in human accuracy, while Slow AI induces delayed cognitive conflict that ultimately allows teams to recover and achieve perfect accuracy. A 2D Adaptive Riemannian Oracle and Hybrid Fusion techniques were used to adaptively capture and integrate these timing-dependent signals, improving team performance in both scenarios.

arXiv AI
Aug 5

AI Assistance Reduces Persistence and Hurts Independent Performance

arXiv:2604. 04721v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: People often optimize for long-term goals in collaboration: A mentor or companion doesn't just answer questions, but also scaffolds learning, tracks progress, and prioritizes the other person's growth over immediate results.

By Grace Liu, Brian Christian, Tsvetomira Dumbalska, Michiel A. Bakker, Rachit Dubey
arXiv AI
Sep 18

Understanding Role Switching in Human-AI Collaboration through Multimodal Behavioral Signals

The study investigates how users switch roles in a human‑AI chess collaboration, using multimodal behavioral signals such as gaze and task‑specific features. Participants mostly retained their roles, but when they switched they showed more exploratory gaze and poorer move quality. A classifier trained on these signals achieved a PR‑AUC of 0.56, indicating that behavioral cues can predict role switches.

By Avinash Ajit Nargund, Arthur Caetano, Kevin Yang, Rose Yiwei Liu, Pranav Raghavendra Gunhal, Philip Tezaur, Kriteen Shrestha, Qisen Pan, Tobias H\"ollerer, Misha Sra
arXiv AI
3d ago

Referential Uncertainty in Human--AI Collaboration

The study investigates how humans and AI collaborate on a puzzle task, focusing on referential uncertainty—when a description could refer to multiple objects. It finds that eliciting a belief distribution over candidate pieces yields better calibration and discrimination than raw action probabilities, and that precise descriptions or well‑targeted hedges significantly reduce the acceptance of wrong placements. However, the AI rarely externalizes uncertainty, and poorly targeted hedges can be counterproductive.

By Christian Poelitz, Finale Doshi-Velez, Si\^an Lindley
arXiv AI
Sep 1

Augmenting Human Performance with an XR Agent Learning from Online Behavior and BCI Evidence

arXiv:2608.30369v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We present OLIVE, a framework for adapting a foundation model to provide real-time assistance in temporally demanding, high-stakes, and dynamic tasks....

By Ziheng Li, Xichen He, Haoyan Chen, Charlie Zou, Sheng Bai, Benjamin Yang, Mengyuan Wu, Jake Ledner, Yi-Jie Cheng, Akito Yamauchi, Dishita G Turakhia, Steven Feiner, Paul Sajda
arXiv AI
Sep 23

The Moral Check: Strategic AI Governance for the Pacing Problem

The paper titled "The Moral Check: Strategic AI Governance for the Pacing Problem" argues that technology cannot self‑steer and that strategy must guide AI development by ensuring purpose and judgment precede compute. It presents a dual contribution: a PRISMA 2020 review of 130 empirical studies and the Strategic AI Governance Ex‑Ante Framework (SAGE‑X), which operationalizes four strategic mindset pillars to mitigate velocity myopia, moral hazard, empirical hazard endpoints, and guardrail decay. The framework includes a calculable Moral Check Index and an Enterprise Lifecycle Audit Instrument to enforce that AI scaling does not outpace deliberative moral judgment, human agency, and societal trust.

By Zaid Amin, Rahma Santhi Zinaida, Nazlena Mohamad Ali
arXiv AI
Sep 11

Cognitive Amplification vs Cognitive Delegation in Human-AI Systems: A Metric Framework

The paper proposes a metric framework to differentiate cognitive amplification—where AI enhances human performance without eroding human capability—from cognitive delegation, which relies heavily on AI reasoning. It introduces four metrics (CAI*, D, HRI, HCDR) and tests them in NetLogo simulations across various reliance and dependency scenarios. The results show that positive collaborative gain is only achievable when an explicit interaction term is added, indicating that mere prevention of capability erosion is insufficient for genuine amplification.

By Eduardo Di Santi, Carla Florida