Originally posted on The Horizons Tracker. The latest generation of AI have proven themselves incredibly proficient at the kind of tasks we normally associate as being a strength of computers, but doubts remain about their ability to perform more human tasks. It might be a small step, but a small step has indeed been made in this direction, with research1 from BYU highlighting how AI can be used to cooperate and compromise rather than compete. "The end goal is that we understand the mathematics behind cooperation with people and what attributes artificial intelligence needs to develop social skills," the authors say. "AI needs to be able to respond to us and articulate what it's doing. It has to be able to interact with other people."