AI and people: A review of current research on human-machine interaction

As society becomes more reliant on intelligent machines, the nascent field of human-AI relations deserves more attention from academics, scientists, engineers and developers. There is growing employment of artificial intelligence and robots in medicine and healthcare, education, scientific research, military applications, business and other fields. It is in the interest of various stakeholders to conduct more research and experiments in human-machine studies. From looking at recent literature on the subject, I found three key points being discussed by scholars: the current state of research and how it can be developed; common weaknesses of AI/robots based on direct user experience; and the benefits and drawbacks of giving machines anthropomorphic characteristics.