Conversational agents: Goals, technologies, vision and challenges
In recent years, conversational agents (CAs) have become ubiquitous and are a presence in
our daily routines. It seems that the technology has finally ripened to advance the use of CAs …
our daily routines. It seems that the technology has finally ripened to advance the use of CAs …
[HTML][HTML] A survey on near-human conversational agents
Conversational AI intends for machine-human interactions to appear and feel more natural
and inclined to communicate in a near-human context. Chatbots, also known as …
and inclined to communicate in a near-human context. Chatbots, also known as …
Lamda: Language models for dialog applications
R Thoppilan, D De Freitas, J Hall, N Shazeer… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
We present LaMDA: Language Models for Dialog Applications. LaMDA is a family of
Transformer-based neural language models specialized for dialog, which have up to 137B …
Transformer-based neural language models specialized for dialog, which have up to 137B …
Conversational ai: The science behind the alexa prize
Conversational agents are exploding in popularity. However, much work remains in the area
of social conversation as well as free-form conversation over a broad range of domains and …
of social conversation as well as free-form conversation over a broad range of domains and …
What makes a good conversation? how controllable attributes affect human judgments
A good conversation requires balance--between simplicity and detail; staying on topic and
changing it; asking questions and answering them. Although dialogue agents are commonly …
changing it; asking questions and answering them. Although dialogue agents are commonly …
Acute-eval: Improved dialogue evaluation with optimized questions and multi-turn comparisons
While dialogue remains an important end-goal of natural language research, the difficulty of
evaluation is an oft-quoted reason why it remains troublesome to make real progress …
evaluation is an oft-quoted reason why it remains troublesome to make real progress …
Human evaluation of conversations is an open problem: comparing the sensitivity of various methods for evaluating dialogue agents
At the heart of improving conversational AI is the open problem of how to evaluate
conversations. Issues with automatic metrics are well known (Liu et al., 2016, arXiv …
conversations. Issues with automatic metrics are well known (Liu et al., 2016, arXiv …
A comprehensive assessment of dialog evaluation metrics
Automatic evaluation metrics are a crucial component of dialog systems research. Standard
language evaluation metrics are known to be ineffective for evaluating dialog. As such …
language evaluation metrics are known to be ineffective for evaluating dialog. As such …
Gender stereotypes in virtual agents
P Nag, ÖN Yalçın - Proceedings of the 20th ACM International …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Visual, behavioral and verbal cues for gender are often used in designing virtual agents to
take advantage of their stereotypical effects on the users. However, recent studies point …
take advantage of their stereotypical effects on the users. However, recent studies point …
Communicability of traditional interfaces VS chatbots in healthcare and smart home domains
S Valtolina, BR Barricelli… - Behaviour & Information …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents a study about communicability of conversational interfaces (namely
chatbots) under a semiotic perspective. A chatbot is a software system that allows you to …
chatbots) under a semiotic perspective. A chatbot is a software system that allows you to …