Practical Wisdom and Intelligent Machines

TWCF0467

  • TWCF Number:

    0467

  • Project Duration:

    July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2023

  • Core Funding Area:

    Big Questions

  • Priority:

    Diverse Intelligences

  • Region:

    North America

  • Amount Awarded:

    $233,687

  • Grant DOI*:

    https://doi.org/10.54224/20467

    • *A Grant DOI (digital object identifier) is a unique, open, global, persistent and machine-actionable identifier for a grant.

Director: Colin Allen

Institution: University of Pittsburgh

This project will develop a framework for defining and enhancing practical wisdom in human–machine interactions. Feedback loops between people and intelligent machines constitute socio-technical systems with the potential to alter (positively and negatively) the capacity of individuals to act ethically. The notion of practical wisdom highlights both (1) limitations in artificial intelligence systems and (2) the importance of sound, experience-based judgment in situations where humans must make real-time adjustments to AI behavior with only partial understanding of how they work.

Colin Allen at the University of Pittsburgh will develop the Machine Wisdom framework and use it to create recommendations for the design and deployment of advanced AI systems. Through a collaboration with Ball State University, the Machine Wisdom Project will assess the effectiveness of designing human–machine interactions around the concept of practical wisdom in the context of AI applications.

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