Cheap talk: low cost non-binding signals helps partnerships between humans and AI ([[human-AI collaboration]]) as measured by the ability of partnerships to perform well at cooperation-based games. **Thoughts** There is a common theme emerging in the literature that communication in human-AI partnerships makes for more effective cooperation. For example Maher found that [[AI to human communication is critical for the AI to be considered a partner and not a tool]], . This informs my idea that [[Dialogue is crucial to enable effective human-AI collaboration]]. From: [[Cooperating with Machines (Crandall, 2018)]] Tags: #Idea