Artificial intelligence
Humans are better than AI at reading the room
Published April 24, 2025Humans, it turns out, are better than current AI models at describing and interpreting social interactions in a moving scene—skills necessary for self-driving cars, assistive robots, and other technologies that rely on AI systems to navigate the real world. "Any time you want an AI to interact with humans, you want it to be able to recognize what people are doing," says Leyla Isik, a JHU assistant professor of cognitive science who led the study. "I think this sheds light on the fact that these systems can't right now."
