Making human–machine interfaces more brain-adequate

Abstract

We believe that augmenting or complementing natural functions of the brain can be an effective way to develop the technology for more brain-adequate interfaces. We illustrate this line of approach with examples from our recent work and report briefly on a major research initiative launched recently at Bielefeld University, joining the efforts of computer science groups and linguists towards more brain-adequate human–computer interfaces by studying the topic of interactive alignment in communication.