Introduction to the Special Issue on Human and Machine Intelligence

The 11 articles in this special issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science examine the converging and diverging paths of human and artificial intelligence (AI) to illuminate the foundations of intelligent behavior. By comparing the mechanisms and limitations of human and machine cognition, these articles reveal how each field can inform the other. Discussed applications of AI to psychology include building computational models of mental processes, automating analyses of rich behavior, automating the generation of materials and procedures for studies in psychology, and providing personal assistants and coaching. Applications of psychology to AI include generating ideas for future AI algorithms by considering how humans reason and applying analysis techniques from psychology to understand AI. Together, the articles advance a broad conception of intelligence that spans humans, machines, and their increasingly intertwined collaborations.