Abstract

While AI systems are not conscious participants in interactions with humans, they can be designed to engage in ways that feel fluid, responsive, and intuitive, aligning with principles drawn from human-to-human collaboration. This talk explores how insights from traditional collaboration technologies and human team dynamics can inform smoother human-AI interaction.  Using examples from both classic collaborative systems and recent developments in AI-based tools, I will discuss approaches to design that foster AI “collaboration” without misrepresenting its limitations. Key topics include anticipating user intent, managing turn-taking, supporting implicit cues, and adapting AI responses to contextual nuances. This perspective on human-AI interaction promotes tools that blend into workflows naturally, emphasizing usability and coherence rather than perfect emulation of human intelligence.

Speaker

Anthony Tang is an Associate Professor in the School of Computing and Information Systems at the Singapore Management University. He leads the RICELab (Rethinking Interaction, Collaboration and Engagement) group, which focuses on Human-Computer Interaction research with a focus on CSCW and UbiComp. His group’s current work explores human-AI collaboration and immersive collaboration technologies. His group is generously funded by Singapore’s Ministry of Education and NAVER. Previously, his work was funded by Canada’s National Science and Engineer Research Council, Meta, Nokia, and through GRAND, and SurfNet. For his research community, Anthony served as General Co-chair for the 25th ACM Conference on Computer Supported-Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2022). He currently serves as an Associate Editor for the International Journal on Human-Computer Studies and the HCI Journal. Previously, he was in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto, where he served as the Associate Dean of Research (2020-22) and PhD Director (2020-21). Prior to that, he was at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Calgary.

Lab Website: https://ricelab.github.io/

Profile: https://hcitang.github.io/

Time

19:30-20:30 (BJT) Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024

Venue

Zoom Meeting ID: 948 0645 0498 Passcode: HCI@GBA