Governance Node Seminar - Helen Hastie, Heriot Watt University

In this talk, the UKRI “Node on Trust” will be presented, which is part of the UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems UK-wide Programme. The Node on Trust is a collaboration between Heriot-Watt University, Imperial College London and The University of Manchester and will explore how to best establish, maintain and repair trust by incorporating the subjective view of human trust towards autonomous systems. I will present our multidisciplinary approach, which is grounded in psychology and cognitive science and consists of three “pillars of trust”: 1) computational models of human trust in autonomous systems including Theory of Mind; 2) adaptation of these models in the face of errors and uncontrolled environments; and 3) user validation and evaluation across a broad range of sectors in realistic scenarios.