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From Human Prediction to Intelligent Agents

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Predicting Human Decision-Making

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The prediction of human decision-making can, in many cases, enhance our understanding of how people make decisions and endow automated agents with the ability to predict human decisions, an ability we associate with intelligence. However, paraphrasing on Mark Twain, “intelligent action speaks louder than predictions but not nearly as often.”

“Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.”

Mark Twain

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Rosenfeld, A., Kraus, S. (2018). From Human Prediction to Intelligent Agents. In: Predicting Human Decision-Making. Synthesis Lectures on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01578-6_4

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