User Interface Goals, AI Opportunities

Lieberman, Henry (Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab)

AI Magazine 

This is an opinion piece about the relationship between the fields of human-computer interaction (HCI), and artificial intelligence (AI). There is an unjustified perception in HCI that AI is unreliable. There is an unjustified perception in AI that interfaces are merely cosmetic. This article argues that AI's goals of intelligent interfaces would benefit enormously by the user-centered design and testing principles of HCI.