Metacognitive Intelligence in Human-AI Teams

Aaron S. Benjamin, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Groups of people make effective decisions in part because they have sophisticated means of exchanging metacognitive information when they work together. Metacognitive information can take the form of confidence appraisals, explanations, or other means of conveying mastery, challenges, and workload. It can also be subtly embedded in one s prosody or nonverbal cues. This information is used by partners to delegate assignments, produce collaborative assessments, and harness the benefits of the group s collective expertise.