Musings on minds and machines
These are my human-centred insights from research with teams imagining, creating and using AI powered solutions. Flip it, like reading pages of a research note book…
How do we know when AI is safe enough to trust?
How should we evaluate autonomous cyber defence agents in ways that support real human decision-making, trust, and accountability? Autonomous cyber defence agents […]
Strategies to Enhance Human-Machine Team Performance in the Face of System Failures
As a psychologist specialising in Human-Machine Teaming (HMT) with AI and autonomous systems, I focus on one of the most important but […]
Leveraging Large Language Models for Disaster Relief Communications
In disaster situations, communication is critical but often fragmented, delayed, or inaccessible. In this project with Easol and Coefficient, I explored how […]
Human-Ready AI: Insights for the RAISO
The UK Ministry of Defence has recently published Part One of JSP 936, a directive focused on dependable AI in Defence, which […]
Using Role-play to Explore Human-AI Collaboration
With Halloween approaching, you might be thinking of a costume—perhaps a retro robot with blinking lights and a cardboard head? But while […]
Defence AI
Implementing AI in defence is challenging because the high cost of failure places most defence applications within the high risk use case […]
Transforming AI Research into Scalable Solutions
When I first met Advai, the team consisted of pioneering machine learning researchers eager to bring their innovations to market. My goal […]
Human AI Collaboration for Cyber Security
I’m driven to stay ahead of evolving threats to national security, researching innovative approaches that blend human expertise with artificial intelligence (AI) […]
Trust and agency in human-machine teams – precepts for designers
While Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics are a lovely literary reference point, they fall short of addressing autonomy and agency within AI systems. […]
Mechanics and emotions: the divergence of human and machine capabilities
In a galaxy far, far away… few partnerships are as iconic and enduring as that between Luke Skywalker and R2-D2 from the […]
The case for minimising anthropomorphism in AI systems
I used to advocate incorporating anthropomorphic features into user interfaces and human-AI interactions as a way to enhance attributions of agency and […]
Psychological insight in AI design and development
Engineers often assume that AI models, especially those delivered via API, don’t need UX or human factors. Yet, my experience of conducting […]
Helping to deploy AI responsibly
Providers of high risk AI systems must comply with safety, transparency and accountability requirements, but a lot of non-techie professionals I’ve talked […]
Inclusion in AI research
Lately, my conscience has been whispering that in a democratic society, decisions about AI must involve everybody. So, I was drawn to […]
Design patterns for effective human machine teaming
After a decade or so of researching human machine teaming, I know that user interface (UI) design plays a key role in […]
Designing for training effectiveness in fast-paced 3D virtual environments
Designing in 3D immersive environments involves understanding how the whole body experiences an interaction. It’s all about knowing how the world really […]
Future Worlds
I recently facilitated a futures thinking workshop with a team of engineers and technical specialists aptly named “Imagineers”. Our aim was to […]
Me, Myself & AI
Sparked by interest in ChatGPT, I’ve been using Large Language Models (LLMs) since January 2023. So far I’ve not been able to […]