Augmented cognition is an interdisciplinary field of scholarship addressing how cognitive processes can be supported directly with computer assistance or is influenced by human-computer interactions (to include robot assistance and interaction). Generally, with the application of AI, human cognition can be enhanced or augmented for improving metacognitive skills, reasoning, problem solving, and decision making. Applications offering augmented cognition have seen the most progress when applied using intelligent systems in domain-specific contexts and applications supporting interaction between machines and humans to improve performance of cognitively demanding tasks.
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AI-Augmented Developmental Instruction for Improving Contemplative Practices in the Face of Complexity
Andrew G. Stricker (The Air University, USA),
Cynthia Calongne (Colorado Technical University, USA),
Barbara Truman (University of Central Florida, USA), David J. Lyle (Air Education and Training Command, USA), and J. J. Jacobson (University of California – Riverside, USA)
Copyright: © 2019
|Pages: 25
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9679-0.ch017
Abstract
A simulation design is introduced for using artificial intelligence (AI)-augmented developmental instruction for improving contemplative practices in the face of complexity. The focus of the design is on developmental instruction in the use of contemplative cognitive and moral reasoning practices to improve self-awareness and means to better discern and address complicated and complex challenges. Developmental instruction is supported by an AI-augmented tutoring aid provided during a simulated mission to Mars within an immersive 3D-world. A set of tasks are introduced during the Mars simulation to assist with the development of contemplative practices. The AI-augmented tutoring aid assists participants in the simulation to better understand and apply contemplative practices involving cognitive and moral reasoning meta-thinking suitable for each task. High levels of fidelity, involving visual, auditory, and interactive model-based reasoning (MBR) tools help to embed the senses, thoughts, and actions of participants in the feeling of traveling and being on Mars.