Weiyan Shi

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Proactive Conversational Agents with Inner Thoughts

One of the long-standing aspirations in conversational AI is to allow them to autonomously take initiatives in conversations, i.e. being proactive. This is especially challenging for multi-party conversations. Prior NLP research focused mainly on predicting the next speaker from contexts like preceding conversations.…

CSCW '242nd AuthorSession 3f: Conversations with Machines

Dialoging Resonance in Human-Chatbot Conversation: How Users Perceive and Reciprocate Recommendation Chatbot’s Self-Disclosure Strategy

Using chatbots to make recommendations is increasingly popular. The design of recommendation chatbots has mainly been taking an information-centric approach by focusing on the recommended content per se. Limited attention is on how social connection and relational strategies, such as self-disclosure from a chatbot, ma…

CHI '201st AuthorConversational Chatbots +1

Effects of Persuasive Dialogues: Testing Bot Identities and Inquiry Strategies

Intelligent conversational agents, or chatbots, can take on various identities and are increasingly engaging in more human-centered conversations with persuasive goals. However, little is known about how identities and inquiry strategies influence the conversation's effectiveness. We conducted an online study involvin…

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