Allocating Functions Rationally between Humans and Machines

agreement. HIS IS A SUMMARY OF A DEBATE that took place at the 1997 HFES Annual Meeting. The proposition was "Resolved: allocating functions between humans and machines can never be done on a rational basis." The debaters were Harold P. Van Cott and Richard W. Pew for the proposition, and David D. Woods and Peter A. Hancock against the proposition. I was organizer and chair. Harold "Smoke" Price was cochair and made invited comments at the end, as did

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