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Title: Adaptive Cognitive Mechanisms to Maintain Calibrated Trust and Reliance in Automation

Journal Article · · Frontiers in Robotics and AI
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  1. Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
  2. Air Force Research Lab., Pittsburgh, PA (United States). 711th Human Performance Wing
  3. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Trust calibration for a human–machine team is the process by which a human adjusts their expectations of the automation’s reliability and trustworthiness; adaptive support for trust calibration is needed to engender appropriate reliance on automation. Herein, we leverage an instance-based learning ACT-R cognitive model of decisions to obtain and rely on an automated assistant for visual search in a UAV interface. This cognitive model matches well with the human predictive power statistics measuring reliance decisions; we obtain from the model an internal estimate of automation reliability that mirrors human subjective ratings. The model is able to predict the effect of various potential disruptions, such as environmental changes or particular classes of adversarial intrusions on human trust in automation. Finally, we consider the use of model predictions to improve automation transparency that account for human cognitive biases in order to optimize the bidirectional interaction between human and machine through supporting trust calibration. The implications of our findings for the design of reliable and trustworthy automation are discussed.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830; FA9550-18-1-025
OSTI ID:
1813592
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-159195
Journal Information:
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, Vol. 8; ISSN 2296-9144
Publisher:
Frontiers Media S.A.Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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