Cognitive Anthropomorphism of AI: How Humans and Computers Classify Images

Modern AI image classifiers have made impressive advances in recent years,\nbut their performance often appears strange or violates expectations of users.\nThis suggests humans engage in cognitive anthropomorphism: expecting AI to have\nthe same nature as human intelligence. This mismatch presents an obstacle to\nappropriate human-AI interaction. To delineate this mismatch, I examine known\nproperties of human classification, in comparison to image classifier systems.\nBased on this examination, I offer three strategies for system design that can\naddress the mismatch between human and AI classification: explainable AI, novel\nmethods for training users, and new algorithms that match human cognition.\n

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