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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Conversational Artificial Intelligence"”.
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Tools to create and democratize conversational artificial intelligence
… more complex, the skill set needed to develop conversational AI applications increases as well. This work bridges the gap, democratizes AI technology, and empowers technology consumers to become technology developers. In this thesis, I develop block-based Alexa Skill programming tools, enabling …
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Creating Your Own Conversational Artificial Intelligence Agents Using Convo, a Conversational Programming System
… phones and homes. Despite their ubiquity, these conversational AI agents still largely remain a mystery to many, in terms of how they work and what they can do. To lower the barrier to entry to understanding and creating these conversational AI agents for young students, I expanded on Convo, a …
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The Emancipatory Role of Technology in Mental Healthcare: The Case of Conversational Artificial Intelligence and Digital Platforms
… (i.e., global need for mental health services). Conversational artificial intelligence (e.g., chatbots and large language models) and digital telehealth platforms, given their unique features (e.g., low operational costs, and scalability) have what is required to address the above-mentioned …
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An Exploratory Study of Involving Parents in E-book Joint Reading with Voice Agents
… the advancement and prevalence of voice-based conversational artificial intelligence (AI) agents, AI reading an e-book emerges as a novel reading experience, yet reducing the role of parents in the reading process similarly. When the reading experience becomes less of a joint activity between …
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On development and perception of theomorphic robots: the uncanny valley effect to Artificial Intelligence (AI)
… (3D) printing, servomotor actuation, and conversational Artificial Intelligence (AI) to create a robot capable of symbolic movement and interaction. While initially conceived as a platform for Human–Robot Interaction (HRI) studies, this research adopts a novel methodological shift: rather …
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Sample-Efficient Reinforcement Learning for Spoken Dialogue Systems
Conversational Artificial Intelligence (Conversational AI) platforms such as Siri or Alexa have become deeply integrated into human lives in recent years. Despite this widespread adoption, the development of a general open-domain dialogue system capable of engaging in natural conversations with …
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Providing Personalised Experience in Text-based Customer Service Conversations
… service through the use of technologies such as conversational artificial intelligence (AI), the lack of a human touch and conversational care often gets exacerbated. This research aims to examine how a personal touch can be facilitated in text-based com- munication by enabling interpersonal …
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Detect, Explain, Ground: A Sustainable Pipeline for Robust Large Language Model–Powered Agents
… real-time analysis and escalates high-risk conversational turns to a stronger model, preserving quality while significantly reducing costs. Finally, to address the core issue of factual accuracy that underlies many breakdowns, we introduce a Hierarchical Lexical Graph to improve evidence …
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AI-Serve: Empowering Service Provisioning with Conversational and Generative AI
The global conversational AI market has been growing rapidly with widely adopted applications in diverse domains, including customer service, finance, education, and healthcare. Voice-enabled assistants such as Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant are used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide …