Combining Computational and Social Effort for Collaborative Problem Solving.
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SUBMITTER: Wagy MD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4636355 | biostudies-literature | 2015
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Combining Computational and Social Effort for Collaborative Problem Solving.
Wagy Mark D MD Bongard Josh C JC
PloS one 20151106 11
Rather than replacing human labor, there is growing evidence that networked computers create opportunities for collaborations of people and algorithms to solve problems beyond either of them. In this study, we demonstrate the conditions under which such synergy can arise. We show that, for a design task, three elements are sufficient: humans apply intuitions to the problem, algorithms automatically determine and report back on the quality of designs, and humans observe and innovate on others' de ...[more]
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