As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes more accessible, software engineers will be more apt to incorporate these algorithms into the systems they build. While many of these algorithms can make software systems safer and more efficient, there can also be a downside. Human error can increase with too much automation. The goal for practitioners is to find, identify, and implement the “just-right” amount of artificial intelligence - the Goldilocks AI.

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Everything else is just
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Traditional Interaction
Questions
Additional Synergistic
Questions
What is the user trying to
accomplish? Why is this important?
Are the user goals able to be
categorized into themes? (i.e.
collaboration)
What does the user need to know to
accomplish the goal? Why?
What is the user’s reasoning process
to solve this problem?
How does the user feel while
performing a task?
What near-real time information does
the user want to know?
What is the machine trying to
accomplish? Why is this important?
Are the machine goals able to be
categorized into themes? (i.e. location
tracking)
What does the machine need to know
to accomplish the goal? Why?
What is the algorithm, or machine’s
reasoning process, to solve this
problem?
What information does the machine
need to monitor and radiate
appropriately?
Does the system promote the desired
emotions of the user?
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For more information:
http://uxmag.com/articles/computer-as-partner-a-synergistic-approach-to-interaction-design