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To better model human as computing resources, we identify six unique characteristics: (1) humans can solve computer hard problems; (2) humans are very good at exception handling, (3) humans have creativity, (4) humans have cognitive load limitation, (5) humans are vulnerable to psychological manipulation, (6) humans are prone to errors, especially for reflective tasks. We discuss how to design intuitive algorithms by taking all the unique characteristics into consideration, and the scalability issues once intuitive algorithms are developed. There are many open questions in this research direction; we are only scratching the surface.
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Sun, YA., Dance, C. (2013). Modeling Humans as Computing Resources. In: Michelucci, P. (eds) Handbook of Human Computation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8806-4_41
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