Shall We Talk? Conversing With Humans and Robots

While social robots are the creation of human beings, it is not obvious what kinds of conversation people desire to have with computer-based devices. Progressive improvements in speech recognition, natural language parsing, and physical embodiment are making it technologically possible for social ro...

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Published inThe Information society Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 257 - 264
Main Author Baron, Naomi S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Routledge 27.05.2015
Taylor & Francis LLC
Subjects
Conversation
Conversational language
Human
Human beings
Human-computer interaction
humans
language
Linguistics
Mathematical analysis
Mathematical models
Natural language (computers)
Robots
Social interaction
social robots
speech
Studies
writing
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Summary:While social robots are the creation of human beings, it is not obvious what kinds of conversation people desire to have with computer-based devices. Progressive improvements in speech recognition, natural language parsing, and physical embodiment are making it technologically possible for social robots to engage with humans in essentially the full range of conversational modes that we do with one another. However, when we examine the variety of possible (human) linguistic functions, we discover reasons people may not wish for total verisimilitude when interacting linguistically with robots. Informational and empathetic functions are likely to be more welcomed than those involving social control or critique.
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ISSN:0197-2243
1087-6537
DOI:10.1080/01972243.2015.1020211