I just saw a [TED video by Shyam Sankar][1] that talks about Human Computer Interaction. It uses many examples including how two humans with computers user business intelligence beat the Chess Supercomputer that beat Kasparov.

In the video, Sankar, mentions that:

> Human Computer Simbiosis is making us more capable. So if you want to
> improve Human-Computer Simbiosis, what can you do?
> 
> You can start by designing the human into the process. Instead of
> thinking what a computer would do to solve the problem, design the
> solution around what the human would do as well. When you do this you
> will realize that you'll spend all of your time on the interface
> between man and machine. Specifically on designing around friction and
> interaction. In fact the friction is more important than the power
> of the man or the power of the machine in determining over all
> capability."

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 - ***a*** = Analytic Capability
 - ***h*** = human
 - ***c*** = computer
 - ***M(h\*c)*** = Gestalt of (Human & Computer)
 - ***1+fi*** = Friction

As suggested by Shyam Sankar. he continues:

> **Computers don't detect novel patterns and new behavior, but humans
> do. Humans using technology, testing hypothesis, searching for insight
> by asking machines to do things for them.** Osama Bin Laden wasn't
> caught by Artificial Intelligence, he was caught by dedicated,
> resourceful, brilliant people, in partnership with various
> technologies. As appealing as it might sound you can't algorithmically
> find your way to an answer. There's no find Terrorist Button, and the
> more data we integrate from the most bast variety of sources, accross
> a wide variety of data formats, from various disparate system the less
> effective data mining can be. Instead people will need to look at data
> and search for insight [...] the key for great results here, is
> finding the right type of cooperation [...][and this is done by]
> minimizing the friction at the interface.

In this sense the answer to my question is given by Sankar, by stating that the machine itself would never be able to analyze patterns, imagine or speculate the way humans do, on the other hand they give us the tools to do these tasks more effectively. Such as choosing one of the results from the Google SERP. In other words, although users want to feel in control, or want to be given the ability to choose, deeper than that goes the nature of the relationship between human and computer.

I wish I could rate the answer up in his name.


  [1]: http://www.ted.com/talks/shyam_sankar_the_rise_of_human_computer_cooperation.html
  [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/ar4zA.png