Can AI chatbots help fill the empathy gap?
Stressed out? Need to talk? Turning to a chatbot for emotional support might help.
Jul 22, 2021
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XiaoIce: When a chatbot chat moves up to human-sounding flow
Do this, do that. Talking with voice assistants is not like talking to humans and, as helpful as it is to be near the technology, we know the difference. A surprising turn has materialized, however, and it is in the form ...
Apr 07, 2018 weblog
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A self-supervised model that can learn various effective dialog representations
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning techniques have proved to be very promising for completing numerous tasks, including those that involve processing and generating language. Language-related machine learning ...
Jun 16, 2022 feature
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Fact check: Facebook didn't pull the plug on two chatbots because they created a language
The claim: Facebook discontinued two "AI robots" after they developed their own language
Jul 28, 2021
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An evaluation metric for determining if a chatbot is just chatty, or engaging
From purchases to therapy to friendship, it seems as though theres a chatbot for just about everything.
Jul 10, 2020
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Meena is model of sensible conversation, outperforms other chatbots
Google's AI scientists have unveiled Meena. Tech watchers are calling it a chatbot breakthrough. Points for responses well matched to human intent. Points for relevant word choices. Points for (gasp) sounding sensible.
Feb 05, 2020 weblog
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Researchers creating AI-powered chatbot to help families living with neurodevelopmental disabilities
A research team at the University of Alberta is using artificial intelligence to build a chatbot—a computer program that can simulate a human conversation through text or voice—to help families living with neurodevelopmental ...
Aug 12, 2019
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Improbotics: Bringing machine intelligence into improvised theatre
An unconventional company called HumanMachine has recently devised a unique theatre production called Improbotics, which involves both human performers and machines. This is the latest of a series of projects and initiatives ...
Sep 20, 2018 feature
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Proposed framework for integrating chatbots into health care
While the technology for developing artificial intelligence-powered chatbots has existed for some time, a new viewpoint piece in JAMA lays out the clinical, ethical, and legal aspects that must be considered before applying ...
Jul 24, 2020
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A real conversation piece: Social chatbot in China does phone talk
The voice is sweet, youthful but not childish, just vibrant enough to hit all the marks of a call from a good friend who can listen and react. It is not the voice of a human. It is a chatbot to be exact. And oh, it can chat. ...
May 24, 2018 weblog
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