The paper demonstrates that humans and AI systems achieve better performance when collaborating rather than working alone. It investigates how two design dimensions—autonomy and initiative—shape collaboration patterns, using a paradox perspective to uncover internal tensions and map underlying paradoxes. From this analysis, the authors derive four distinct human‑AI collaboration patterns: Instruction, Delegation, Assistance, and Co‑creation.
By Michael Weiss
arXiv:2607. 12180v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: An AI teammate's design properties (personality, communication style, when it speaks) can shape a team's trust, coordination, and decisions.
By Mohammad Amin Samadi, Pedro Martins De Bastos, Jaeyoon Choi, Spencer JaQuay, Seehee Park, Nia Nixon
arXiv:2609.11737v2 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: Collective intelligence depends not only on the capabilities of individual members, but also on how those members are organized. Yet artifici...
By Zhengran Ji, Jonathan Hyun, Boyuan Chen
arXiv:2607. 27179v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Conversational AI is increasingly positioned as a teammate rather than a tool, yet we know little about how its presence reshapes communication among the humans on the team.
By Nia Nixon, Jaeyoon Choi, Pedro Martins De Bastos, Mohammad Amin Samadi, Luise Mehner, Seehee Park, Spencer JaQuay
The paper introduces ORCH, a method that applies human organizational theory to create task‑specific hierarchical structures for large, heterogeneous embodied AI teams. Using ORCH, teams of up to 50 agents across 25 wildfire‑response missions outperformed four existing multi‑agent frameworks, achieving higher mission scores and greater execution efficiency. Both human‑designed and language‑model‑generated ORCH organizations improved performance, with hierarchical organization preserving concurrent activity while coordinating ordered transitions between mission phases.
By Zhengran Ji, Jonathan Hyun, Boyuan Chen
arXiv:2606. 18413v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Automated AI agents are increasingly capable, yet many scientific and professional tasks require human judgment and contextual expertise.
By Nachiket Kotalwar, Rohini Das, Carolyn Rose