"I want to build bridges between people and machines"

The ongoing development of artificial intelligence is often presented as a race between humans and machines. ETH professor Menna El-Assady takes a different approach: as head of the Interactive Visualization and Intelligence Augmentation Lab at ETH Zurich, the young scientist wants to develop an AI that can be used interactively and that shapes its capabilities only in collaboration with humans.

Professor Menna El-Assady
Prof. Menna El-Assady wants to create AI systems that empower humans rather than replacing them. (Photo: Nicola Pitaro / ETH Zurich)
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