Task-agnostic Human-Machine Intelligence Integration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing solutions for improving machine learning algorithms through crowdsourcing often fail to leverage advances in computer science and require manual, task-specific customization, limiting their efficiency and scalability.

Innovation Solution

A task-agnostic machine learning system that observes and learns from human actions across various tasks, gradually replacing human processing with automated machine processing by analyzing user inputs and extracting generic features from media objects, allowing for the creation of a universal model that can perform multiple tasks without domain customization.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If blind adoption of crowdsourcing is used to improve machine learning algorithms, then human intelligence can be leveraged for tasks difficult for algorithms, but decades of research in computer science are not leveraged and the system becomes regressive

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveability to leverage both human intelligence and computer science researchVSAvoidsystem structure combining human and machine processing
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a machine learning model as an intermediary between crowdsourcing human intelligence and existing computer science research. The model learns from both human responses and established algorithms, synthesizing their strengths. This intermediary structure allows the system to leverage decades of computer science research while still benefiting from human intelligence, resolving the contradiction between adapting to multiple sources and managing system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a universal machine learning model that can perform multiple functions: learning from human crowdsourcing data, incorporating existing algorithmic knowledge, and automatically determining when to use each approach. This multi-functional model eliminates the need for separate systems for human processing and machine processing, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining versatility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If task-specific customization is used in crowdsourcing solutions, then the system can be optimized for specific tasks, but efficiency and scalability are limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetask-specific performance optimizationVSAvoidefficiency and scalability
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent develops a universal machine learning model that can generalize across multiple tasks without requiring task-specific customization. The model learns fundamental patterns from diverse crowdsourcing tasks and applies them broadly, achieving both task-specific performance optimization and high scalability. This eliminates the need to create separate customized systems for each task, thereby improving productivity while maintaining reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs parameter changes in the machine learning model to adapt to different tasks dynamically. Rather than restructuring the entire system for each task, the model adjusts its parameters and learning focus based on the specific task requirements, maintaining optimal performance across diverse tasks while preserving the same underlying system architecture, thus enabling scalability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Measurement precision

If human processing is used for tasks, then high accuracy can be achieved, but costs are high and efficiency is low

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of task completionVSAvoidcost and efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies partial action by using human processing only when necessary and supplementing it with machine processing for routine tasks. The machine learning model learns from human responses and gradually takes over simpler tasks, reducing the proportion of human involvement while maintaining overall accuracy. This partial substitution approach lowers costs and improves efficiency while preserving the high accuracy benefits of human processing where needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the machine learning model continuously learns from human processing results and improves its own performance. As the model's accuracy increases through feedback from human corrections and validations, it can handle more tasks autonomously, reducing the need for expensive human intervention while maintaining or improving accuracy over time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

4Productivity

If machine processing is inserted to replace human processing, then efficiency and costs improve, but the system fails to reach comparable performance to humans without extensive customization

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveefficiency and cost reductionVSAvoidperformance comparability to human level
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-training the machine learning model on extensive datasets and incorporating existing computer science research before deployment. This preliminary preparation enables the model to reach human-comparable performance levels more quickly without requiring extensive task-specific customization later, thus achieving both efficiency gains and high performance from the outset.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses feedback loops where the machine learning model's performance is continuously evaluated against human performance benchmarks. The model learns from discrepancies between machine and human responses, gradually improving its accuracy to reach human-comparable levels. This feedback-driven improvement allows the system to maintain high efficiency while achieving the necessary performance parity with human processors.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11093853B2Task-agnostic integration of human and machine intelligence
Publication Date: 2021.08.17 TAGASAURIS
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AI summary

A system combines inputs from human processing and machine processing, and employs machine learning to improve processing of individual tasks based on comparison of human processing results. Once performance of a particular task by machine processing reaches a threshold, the level of human processing used on that task is reduced.