A new model of teamwork for human-AI teams in sport
LPC’s Scott McLean (in his role as Adjunct Associate Professor at UniSC) is an investigator on an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project. Along with world leading Human Factors researcher- Prof. Paul Salmon, and teamwork experts- Prof. Eduardo Salas, Prof. Nancy Cooke, the project aims to develop a new model of human and AI teaming in defence, workplace teams, and sports officiating (refereeing).
Human-AI teams have great potential to improve performance, safety, and efficiency in almost all aspects of our daily lives and are currently being applied in defence, healthcare, transport, manufacturing, disaster response, and sport. Concerningly, the current understanding of human-AI team functioning is limited, and theory and models of teamwork taken from human-human team theory and models do not fit human-AI teams. As such, poorly designed and functioning human-AI teams are likely to become problematic in many areas, potentially with catastrophic outcomes. This research will apply a systems science and computational modelling to develop, test, and validate a new model of teamwork for human-AI teams. This will support optimal human-AI team functioning, identify key human-AI team performance measures, and produce a set of human-AI team principles to support the design of optimally functioning human-AI teams. The outcomes will provide critical knowledge to enhance the benefits of human-AI teams and provide a much-needed foundation for future application in real world human-AI teams.
