Mark J. Stefik
At Stanford, Mark J. Stefik researched MOLGEN with Peter Friedland and a team of computer scientists and geneticists. Stefik developed multilevel planning with explicit abstract plans and constraints among subplans for molecular-genetics experiments. He worked on Kiffets, an experimental personalized-news system built from 2008 to 2010. It used AI to support expert curators and present organized information channels to readers, connecting knowledge systems with practical information work. Stefik’s Roots and Requirements for Collaborative AIs examines requirements for human-machine teamwork. The position paper draws on psychology and social science to discuss communication, coordination and learning; it presents a research agenda for capable collaborators.
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Timeline
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Late 1970s
Planning genetics experiments
At Stanford, Mark J. Stefik researched MOLGEN with Peter Friedland and a team of computer scientists and geneticists. Stefik developed multilevel planning with explicit abstract plans and constraints among subplans for molecular-genetics experiments.
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2008–2010
AI-assisted news curation
He worked on Kiffets, an experimental personalized-news system built from 2008 to 2010. It used AI to support expert curators and present organized information channels to readers, connecting knowledge systems with practical information work.
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2023 paper; revised 2024
Collaborative AI requirements
Stefik’s Roots and Requirements for Collaborative AIs examines requirements for human-machine teamwork. The position paper draws on psychology and social science to discuss communication, coordination and learning; it presents a research agenda for capable collaborators.
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