Dr. Ben D. Sawyer is an applied neuroscientist and human factors engineer fascinated by information exchange between human and machine. Brainwaves, biosignals, and mathematical theory help Dr. Sawyer and his teams to design the models and algorithms that power trustworthy machines. Dr. Sawyer’s math, research, and design recommendations are leveraged by Fortune 500 companies, governments, and nonprofits. His work has been covered by The Washington Post, The New York Times, Forbes, Reuters, Fast Company, The BBC, and more.
Featured Work: Reengineering Readability
Dr. Sawyer is Director of The Readability Consortium, dedicated to Readability for all.
Through cutting-edge research and engineering, TRC is improving reading performance in adults and children, without training and at the click of a button…
Featured Peer-reviewed Works
Space for Readability: Effects on Reading Speed from Individuated Character and Word Spacing
Our prior work shows that individual typeface selection per reader can significantly increase reading speed while maintaining comprehension…
Social Robots in Constructive Conflicts
As social robots increase in capabilities and become ubiquitous parts of the environment, there will be more conflicts between humans and technological agents…
Me and My Evil Digital Twin: The Psychology of Human Exploitation by AI Assistants
Within the past 60-90 days, the ChatGPT and GPT-4 large language models (LLMs) have taken the world by storm…