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AI agent collaboration: Affective dynamics as a coordination layer

A new review paper published on arXiv explores the role of affective dynamics in human-AI agent collaboration. It proposes a framework that views affect not as an internal AI property, but as a coordination layer for humans and agents to negotiate capability, uncertainty, and responsibility. This framework aims to provide a foundation for better measurement, design, and governance of AI systems that exhibit emotion-like behaviors. AI

IMPACT This framework could lead to more trustworthy and effectively governed AI agents by clarifying how affective cues influence human reliance and decision-making.

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AI agent collaboration: Affective dynamics as a coordination layer

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Junjie Xu, Xingjiao Wu, Zihao Zhang, Yujia Xu, Yuzhe Yang, Jin Zhu, Luwei Xiao, Wen Wu, Liang He ·

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