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"Anyone who's shared a laugh with a friend knows how deeply bonding humor can
be. So it stands to reason our future robot companions have a better chance of
winning our trust and affection if they can laugh with us.
But just because a robot tells jokes doesn't mean it can respond to them
appropriately. Did a comment warrant a polite robot giggle or an all-out bot
belly laugh? The right response could mean the difference between an
approachable android and a metallic boor.
That's why Japanese researchers are attempting to teach humorless robot nerds
to laugh at the right time and in the right way. Turns out training an AI to
laugh isn't as simple as teaching it to respond to a desperate phone tree plea
to cancel a subscription. "Systems that try to emulate everyday conversation
still struggle with the notion of when to laugh," reads a study published
Thursday in the journal
Frontiers in Robotics and AI.
The study details the team's research into developing an AI conversational
system focused on shared laughter to make chatter between humans and robots
more natural. They envision it being integrated into existing conversational
software for robots and agents, which are already learning to detect emotions
and deal with open-ended complexity like vague human commands."
Via Esther Schindler.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
