A pod about human-centered artificial intelligence, where we try to figure out what it really is through a diverse set of view points from various guests.
This episode’s guest is Ben Shneiderman, Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the University of Maryland and co-founder of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab. Shneiderman reflects on his pioneering career spanning direct manipulation, information visualization, and decades of advocacy for human-centered design. He traces his path from traditional computer science to a deep engagement with psychology and user interface design, and he explains why human-centered AI must focus on amplifying, augmenting, empowering, and enhancing human performance rather than creating anthropomorphic agents.Ben is the author of the book Human-Centered AI https://global.oup.com/academic/product/human-centered-ai-9780192845290?cc=ca&lang=en&The episode was recorded on November 24, 2025
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Hosts: Mattias Rost & Alan Said
Inside a recent episode
HCAI 13 - Human-centered AI with Ben Shneiderman
Published 9 Dec 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] This is dangerous. It's dangerous like cigarettes are dangerous or guns are dangerous. We need warnings and we need ways to limit the usage of these technologies. And so there is a movement ahead as there has been for social media to limit the harms from social media. There are benefits to these technologies, no question. And again, startlingly impressive. I use ChatGPT and Copilot and Gemini and find it a remarkable source and opportunity to deal with information that I would find otherwise difficult to get. It's a helpful reminder if I'm preparing a talk or slides. about principles or rules that have been widely discussed and I may have in my preparations forgotten some of them. […]
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