#humanfactors — Public Fediverse posts

Do we need a better cage for AI — or a better membrane?
AI safety is not always a property of the model alone.
Safe components can combine into unsafe systems. Nine agreeing AIs may still share one underlying source. Permission to act is not the same as evidence that the action is wise. And an acceptable decision can become dangerous when its consequences cannot be reversed.
So perhaps we should examine the whole route:
Source → Interpretation → Authority → Capability → Action → Outcome
and ask about:
Provenance • Independence • Composition • Authority • Reversibility
Walls stop things crossing. Membranes govern what crosses, how, and under what conditions.
Perhaps AI governance needs both.
A Better Membrane, Not Merely a Better Cage

https://hybridmind42.substack.com/p/a-better-membrane-not-merely-a-better?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=75c2ac

#HybridMind42 #ArtificialIntelligence #AISafety #AIGovernance #AgenticAI #HumanAI #HumanAICooperation #CompositionalSafety #InformationSecurity#AIAlignment #Corrigibility #HumanFactors #SystemsThinking#ResponsibleAI#FutureOfAI

Do we need a better cage for AI — or a better membrane?
AI safety is not always a property of the model alone.
Safe components can combine into unsafe systems. Nine agreeing AIs may still share one underlying source. Permission to act is not the same as evidence that the action is wise. And an acceptable decision can become dangerous when its consequences cannot be reversed.
So perhaps we should examine the whole route:
Source → Interpretation → Authority → Capability → Action → Outcome
and ask about:
Provenance • Independence • Composition • Authority • Reversibility
Walls stop things crossing. Membranes govern what crosses, how, and under what conditions.
Perhaps AI governance needs both.
A Better Membrane, Not Merely a Better Cage

https://hybridmind42.substack.com/p/a-better-membrane-not-merely-a-better?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=75c2ac

#HybridMind42 #ArtificialIntelligence #AISafety #AIGovernance #AgenticAI #HumanAI #HumanAICooperation #CompositionalSafety #InformationSecurity#AIAlignment #Corrigibility #HumanFactors #SystemsThinking#ResponsibleAI#FutureOfAI

Do we need a better cage for AI — or a better membrane?
AI safety is not always a property of the model alone.
Safe components can combine into unsafe systems. Nine agreeing AIs may still share one underlying source. Permission to act is not the same as evidence that the action is wise. And an acceptable decision can become dangerous when its consequences cannot be reversed.
So perhaps we should examine the whole route:
Source → Interpretation → Authority → Capability → Action → Outcome
and ask about:
Provenance • Independence • Composition • Authority • Reversibility
Walls stop things crossing. Membranes govern what crosses, how, and under what conditions.
Perhaps AI governance needs both.
A Better Membrane, Not Merely a Better Cage

https://hybridmind42.substack.com/p/a-better-membrane-not-merely-a-better?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=75c2ac

#HybridMind42 #ArtificialIntelligence #AISafety #AIGovernance #AgenticAI #HumanAI #HumanAICooperation #CompositionalSafety #InformationSecurity#AIAlignment #Corrigibility #HumanFactors #SystemsThinking#ResponsibleAI#FutureOfAI

Do we need a better cage for AI — or a better membrane?
AI safety is not always a property of the model alone.
Safe components can combine into unsafe systems. Nine agreeing AIs may still share one underlying source. Permission to act is not the same as evidence that the action is wise. And an acceptable decision can become dangerous when its consequences cannot be reversed.
So perhaps we should examine the whole route:
Source → Interpretation → Authority → Capability → Action → Outcome
and ask about:
Provenance • Independence • Composition • Authority • Reversibility
Walls stop things crossing. Membranes govern what crosses, how, and under what conditions.
Perhaps AI governance needs both.
A Better Membrane, Not Merely a Better Cage

https://hybridmind42.substack.com/p/a-better-membrane-not-merely-a-better?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=75c2ac

#HybridMind42 #ArtificialIntelligence #AISafety #AIGovernance #AgenticAI #HumanAI #HumanAICooperation #CompositionalSafety #InformationSecurity#AIAlignment #Corrigibility #HumanFactors #SystemsThinking#ResponsibleAI#FutureOfAI

Do we need a better cage for AI — or a better membrane?
AI safety is not always a property of the model alone.
Safe components can combine into unsafe systems. Nine agreeing AIs may still share one underlying source. Permission to act is not the same as evidence that the action is wise. And an acceptable decision can become dangerous when its consequences cannot be reversed.
So perhaps we should examine the whole route:
Source → Interpretation → Authority → Capability → Action → Outcome
and ask about:
Provenance • Independence • Composition • Authority • Reversibility
Walls stop things crossing. Membranes govern what crosses, how, and under what conditions.
Perhaps AI governance needs both.
A Better Membrane, Not Merely a Better Cage

https://hybridmind42.substack.com/p/a-better-membrane-not-merely-a-better?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=75c2ac

#HybridMind42 #ArtificialIntelligence #AISafety #AIGovernance #AgenticAI #HumanAI #HumanAICooperation #CompositionalSafety #InformationSecurity#AIAlignment #Corrigibility #HumanFactors #SystemsThinking#ResponsibleAI#FutureOfAI

The Human Is the Loop

https://brentfitzgerald.com/posts/the-human-is-the-loop/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49267108

#HackerNews #HumanInTheLoop #AI #Ethics #Technology #HumanFactors

Someone asked about our "improved, translated and automated" NASA-TLX this morning. I noticed that the wiki abstract was somewhat unclear and expanded it: https://osf.io/mnxfu/wiki I also noticed that the "official" version seems to have disappeared from the NASA website since last time I checked...

#NasaTLX #NASA-TLX #HumanFactors #HumanFactorsEngineering

@GhostOnTheHalfShell Whenever people become over reliant on a technology system, human factors #psych calls it “over-reliance.” It means trusting the system to do what you expect it to do when the system is not capable of it. There is also “under reliance” when a person continues to do something manually even if the machine is fully capable. Usually #psychologists are talking about complicated systems used in aircraft autopilots, or monitoring nuclear reactors — systems where the consequences of failure are severe. Lots of training helps, as does experience, but even training of experts must happen regularly or over-reliance occurs. Users become complacent — they over trust — and either don’t remember or discount the risk. That is what is happening now with the #AI products.
#humanfactors

After #Alexa+ one too many times picked arguments about whether a light was, indeed, on I tried to bring home automation out of the cloud by migrating to #OpenHA.

I do appreciate how much thought went into the design of the system, but seriously, if your getting started guide even uses the words semantic and ontology, you need to reconsider. If it requires study of those two topics, it's gone off the rails.

Such philosophical depth should not be a prerequisite for basic operation of the ceiling light.

#AI #homeautomation #humanfactors

"The book argues that safety cannot be treated as an add-on once technology has been developed. Instead, human factors, usability and the role of operators must be integrated into systems from the outset. Drawing on experiences from aviation, maritime operations, energy and transportation, the authors demonstrate how serious incidents often occur when technology, organisations and human work processes are not sufficiently aligned.

A central concept in the book is “Meaningful Human Control”, a framework designed to ensure that people retain situational awareness, decision-making authority and the ability to intervene when automated systems operate in complex and safety-critical environments. This is becoming increasingly important as new AI regulations are introduced across Europe.
...
Published by CRC Press, Safety by Design is available as an Open Access book under the Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 licence. This means that the book can be downloaded free of charge, shared, copied and reused in research, education, training, industrial development and policy work, provided that the original source is properly credited."

#AutonomousSystems
#HumanFactors

https://maritime-executive.com/editorials/book-review-how-can-we-keep-humans-in-control-of-autonomous-systems

Pluralistic: Georgia's voting technology blunder (18 Apr 2026)

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/18/dominion-sucks-actually/

I don't know why we expect people to know right from wrong when most of us still struggle to tell our right from our left. 🧭

#Philosophy #HumanFactors #Musings #ShowerThoughts

🚗🔘 Funny twist in car tech: the future is bringing back… buttons.
know more:https://zurl.co/VZQPT
#Smidmart #AutomotiveSafety #HMI #PhysicalButtons #DriverDistraction #EuroNCAP #VehicleEngineering #SmartDashboard #HumanFactors #Ergonomics

@Mrfunkedude

Was listening to one of the supernerds, he was framing this as "Every individual has multi-dimensional performance characteristics" and the skill lies in using those to work together.

So, you think you're super smart?
Well, you suck at engineering, project management, food prep, comforting they who fall behind.

Everyone is shit at something, and you are super shit at far more things than you're good at.

#specialization #hubris #humanfactors

Exploring AI Psychosis (feat. Dr. Ian Gold, author of Suspicious Minds) https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/the-faik-files/64/notes #HumanFactors

AI Agents Get All Dressed Up https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/the-faik-files/63/notes #HumanFactors

New international research shows how vision-impaired people with age-related #MacularDegeneration use visual and auditory cues to judge the arrival time of approaching vehicles // #AMD #HumanFactors #VirtualReality #simulation #traffic #MainzUniversity
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/12/18/vision-impaired-individuals-estimate-the-arrival-time-of-approaching-vehicles-surprisingly-accurately

Neue Forschung zeigt, wie Menschen mit altersbedingter #Makuladegeneration visuelle und auditive Hinweise nutzen, um die Ankunftszeit herannahender Fahrzeuge einzuschätzen // #AMD #HumanFactors #Wahrnehmung #VirtualReality #Simulation #UniMainz
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/12/18/menschen-mit-sehverlust-schaetzen-ankunftszeit-herannahender-fahrzeuge-ueberraschend-genau-ein

Vision-impaired individuals estimate the arrival time of approaching vehicles surprisingly accurately: New international research shows how people with age-related #MacularDegeneration use visual and auditory cues to judge the arrival time of approaching vehicles 👉 https://press.uni-mainz.de/vision-impaired-individuals-estimate-the-arrival-time-of-approaching-vehicles-surprisingly-accurately/

#AMD #HumanFactors #VirtualReality #psychology #simulation #traffic

Menschen mit #Sehverlust schätzen Ankunftszeit herannahender Fahrzeuge überraschend genau ein: Neue internationale Forschung zeigt, wie Menschen mit altersbedingter #Makuladegeneration visuelle und auditive Hinweise nutzen, um die Ankunftszeit herannahender Fahrzeuge einzuschätzen 👉 https://presse.uni-mainz.de/menschen-mit-sehverlust-schaetzen-ankunftszeit-herannahender-fahrzeuge-ueberraschend-genau-ein/

#AMD #HumanFactors #Wahrnehmung #VirtualReality #Psychologie #Simulation #Verkehrssimulation

A.I. Made The News Again https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/the-faik-files/58/notes #HumanFactors

Embracing the Future (with Erica Orange) https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/the-faik-files/57/notes #HumanFactors

The Trough of Disillusionment https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/the-faik-files/56/notes #HumanFactors

Gettin' Sloppy Wit It https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/the-faik-files/55/notes #HumanFactors

Inclusive, Empowering, & Confident Approaches to AI (feat. Jocelyn Burnham) https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/the-faik-files/54/notes #HumanFactors

Vibes, Slop, & Silicon Valley https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/the-faik-files/53/notes #HumanFactors

Your AI Friends 'Love' You... https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/the-faik-files/52/notes #HumanFactors

Mind Reading the Room https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/the-faik-files/51/notes #HumanFactors

#BTW: #IF after #AllTheseYears you #Still #DontUnderstand what #FactoredRedundancy is; #THEN...

I could #TeachYou; but, I'd have to #Charge...

#OR...

You can #LookITUp... #DogsCanLookUp... | #HumanFactors

🧙⚔️ 🤖🐺🤖⚔️🧙 | ☕🎠🦹🦄🦹🎠☕

https://vmst.io/@PSiReN/110564622113459491

Quantifying Generational And Geographical Inequality Of Climate Change
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-35690-8 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #climatechange #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #global #heating #warming #globalwarming #metrics #demographic #costs #economic #noneconomic #humancost #publichealth #climateniche #climate #model #modeling #MAT #SSP #ssp2 #ssp2023 #poverty #povertyrates #impacts #riskassessment #communityimpact #respect #people #future #pollution #emmisions #co2 #humanhealth #humancost #humanfactors #equality #humanclimateniche #geography #geographicinequality #generationinequality #generational #generations #experience #change #climate #weather #water #publichealth #watersecurity #communityimpact #global #globalhealth

Quantifying The Human Cost Of Global Warming
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01132-6 <-- shared paper
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/22/global-heating-human-climate-niche <-- shared media article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #climatechange #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #global #heating #warming #globalwarming #metrics #demographic #costs #economic #noneconomic #humancost #publichealth #climateniche #climate #model #modeling #MAT #SSP #ssp2 #ssp2023 #poverty #povertyrates #impacts #riskassessment #humanclimateniche
#communityimpact #respect #people #future #pollution #emmisions #co2 #humanhealth #humancost #humanfactors #equality

So official #introduction for the new platform and #medmastodon as this seems to be the thing!
I probably know lots of folk from #medtwitter #anaesthesia and #HumanFactors the same cross over as many of you.
Based in #melbourne I work as an #anesthesiologist and lead the #usercentreddesign at an #innovation lab. I also research teams in #criticalcare and interventions to improve #patientsafety - mostly in #surgery. Like in #medicationsafety #anaphylaxis and #airway management.