The vision of AI collaborators has long been a staple of science fiction, where artificial agents understand nuances of collaboration and human communication. They assist their human partners and teams and contribute special talents. Government advisory groups and leaders in AI have advocated for years that AIs should be human compatible and effective collaborators. Nonetheless, robust AIs that collaborate like talented people remain out of reach. This position paper draws on psychology and social sciences for an analysis of what effective and robust collaboration requires. It sketches a history of public and AI visions for artificial collaborators, starting with early visions of intelligence augmentation (IA) and artificial intelligence (AI). It is intended as motivation and context for a second position paper that recommends how to bootstrap AIs and AI collaborators (Stefik & Price, 2023).

翻译：长期以来，人工智能协作者一直是科幻小说中的核心设想：智能体能够理解协作的细微差别与人类交流方式，协助人类伙伴与团队并贡献其独特才能。政府咨询机构与AI领域的领军人物多年来始终倡导，AI应当成为与人类兼容且高效协作的协作者。然而，能像优秀人才一样协作的强健AI至今仍遥不可及。本立场论文借鉴心理学与社会科学，深入分析高效且稳健的协作所需满足的条件。论文梳理了从早期智能增强（IA）与人工智能（AI）设想至今，公众与AI领域对人工协作者愿景的历史演变。本文旨在为后续立场论文（Stefik & Price, 2023）提供动机与背景，该论文将提出如何构建AI及AI协作者的具体建议。