# On the Augmentation of Cognitive Accuracy and Cognitive Precision in Human/Cog Ensembles

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.08581 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2308.08581/

## Key facts

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- First posted on arXiv 16 Aug 2023.

## Builds on (most cited first, 5 of 5)

- [On Measuring Cognition and Cognitive Augmentation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2211.06477/) (2022)
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- [The Expertise Level](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2212.10435/) (2022)
- [The Effect of Information Type on Human Cognitive Augmentation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2302.09069/) (2023)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Whenever humans use tools human performance is enhanced. Cognitive systems are a new kind of tool continually increasing in cognitive capability and are now performing high level cognitive tasks previously thought to be explicitly human. Usage of such tools, known as cogs, are expected to result in ever increasing levels of human cognitive augmentation. In a human cog ensemble, a cooperative, peer to peer, and collaborative dialog between a human and a cognitive system, human cognitive capability is augmented as a result of the interaction. The human cog ensemble is therefore able to achieve more than just the human or the cog working alone. This article presents results from two studies designed to measure the effect information supplied by a cog has on cognitive accuracy, the ability to produce the correct result, and cognitive precision, the propensity to produce only the correct result. Both cognitive accuracy and cognitive precision are shown to be increased by information of different types (policies and rules, examples, and suggestions) and with different kinds of problems (inventive problem solving and puzzles). Similar effects shown in other studies are compared.