This is a response to Ari’s awesome post on human-computer symbiosis. Ari and I were chatting about the equation he developed and I was wondering if there were some further refinements that are possible… let’s take a look:

We are attempting to understand the total analytic capability for a given task a of a human-computer team. Analytic capability in this case probably means:

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Where A is the answer to the analytic problem in question and t_A is the time needed to arrive at the answer based on the inputs available. In the case of chess, A could be the optimum next move given all previous information and t_A would be how long it takes to decide on this move.

Read on for a look at how this generalizes in human-computer symbiotic systems.
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