Laura Spillner

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Crossing the Line? The Paradox of Human-Like Design in Conversational Agents

Since the early development of conversational agents (CAs), human-likeness has been a central design focus. Numerous studies have highlighted the benefits of more human-like CAs, including user experience, engagement, and trust improvements. As a result, researchers have proposed guidelines for designing CAs that clos…

CUI '251st AuthorAgent Personality & Anthropomorphism +1

Beyond the Illusion: LLMs and the Case for Pragmatic Cues in Conversation

Conversational agents are becoming increasingly adept at interacting with humans in a very natural manner. They incorporate subtle linguistic and paralinguistic cues: changes in tone and style, emotional expressions, or fillers like `mm-hm'. In human communication, such cues serve pragmatic functions that support mutu…

CHI '243rd AuthorHonorable MentionVoice User Interface (VUI) Design +1

"I Know What You Mean": Context-Aware Recognition to Enhance Speech-Based Games

Recent advances in language processing and speech recognition open up a large opportunity for video game companies to embrace voice interaction as an intuitive feature and appealing game mechanics. However, speech-based systems still remain liable to recognition errors. These add a layer of challenge on top of the gam…

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