Ongoing research includes the development of socially intelligent robot partners that interactwithhumans in human-centric terms, work withhumans as peers, and learn from people as an apprentice.
This could also be important in understanding the capacities of dogs that have to interact closely withhumans, such as guide dogs for the blind and sniffer dogs.
Siri seems to represent what some in the world of A.I say is the next stage in the way humansinteractwith computers, having started with keyboards, then a mouse, then a touch screen.
The Natural Sciences Sector contributed expertise and priorities from its Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS) programme, which focuses on the diverse ways that humans know and interactwith the natural world.