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How can adaptive Human-AI systems be designed to understand individual users and provide personalized assistance while maintaining human control and trust?
Research questions · August 22, 2026
An open question following Arbour et al. (2026): how personalization and user understanding can coexist with human control and trust.
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How can adaptive Human-AI systems be designed to understand individual users and provide personalized assistance while maintaining human control and trust?An open question following Arbour et al. (2026): how personalization and user understanding can coexist with human control and trust.
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Rethinking AI Evaluation Through Human-AI InteractionA reflection on Arbour, Bojinov, Feller, and Ni (2026): AI should be evaluated by its causal effect on human outcomes, not only by benchmark performance.
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