I think the field of Human-Robot Interaction @HRI_Conference has also been overlooked in many of the questions relevant to humans+AI. Using Wizard of Oz, they have been talking to humans as "AI" for decades and learning how people react
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Technology Must Better Support Online Visibility Safety
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So sorry you're dealing with this!! Will be reporting them. Being visible online should NOT have to be this way. Technology needs to do better, so you can be the bright, inspiring person you are and reach as many people as possible!
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Robot Uncertainty Hedges Improve Likability and Reduce Control Perception
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You might be interested in this work by Sara Kiesler's lab from the HRI field, it studied hedges which expressed uncertainty (e.g. "I think", "maybe", etc) and how people found robots less controlling and more likeable. One of my favourite papers! https://
cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu
/Web/People/kiesler/publications/2013/2013_how-robot-give-advice.pdf
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Information Theoretic Approaches for Communicative Efficiency in AI
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There was a neat workshop at Interspeech last year on information theoretic approaches e.g. for communicative efficiency, proceedings may be relevant https://
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AI for Human Connection: Exploring Positive Use Cases
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I've been thinking about how AI could be used to increase human connection. Here's an example – any others?
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AI Augmenting Humans: Ben Shneiderman’s Vision
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Instead of AI to create autonomous actors or social robots, think about how to use AI to amplify and augment humans. Great talk on AI for humans, by the inventor of web links and the smartphone keyboard, Ben Shneiderman.
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IEEE Spectrum Robotics Website Nominated for Webby Award
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Robotics friends: Please vote! The IEEE Spectrum http://
robots.ieee.org website (now http://
robotsguide.com) is up for a Webby Award in the Science category! An incredible resource for the community and for budding roboticists. https://
vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/
2024/websites-and-mobile-sites/general-desktop-mobile-sites/science
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Kyoto University Develops Suggestive Avoidance for Robots
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Cool work by Kyoto University on implementing suggestive avoidance on robots. pic.twitter.com/qJUHpbfEqh
— Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social (@petitegeek) 13 mars 2024Cool work by Kyoto University on implementing suggestive avoidance on robots.
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Mississippi State Robots Feature Haptic Heartbeat Design
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Undergrads from Mississippi State showing their design for a robot that has a palpable heart beat using vibration device. #HRI2024 pic.twitter.com/iE01Xmjt0I
— Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social (@petitegeek) 12 mars 2024Undergrads from Mississippi State showing their design for a robot that has a palpable heart beat using vibration device. #HRI2024
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HRI Conference Workshop on Embodied Voices and TTS Models
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Audience question on character voices and TTS needs @HRI_Conference – Consider our newly accepted RSS Workshop on Embodied Voices on July 15! Bringing the latest deep TTS models together with roboticists https://
rosielab.github.io/wev/ #hri2024