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Impact of argument type and concerns in argumentation with a chatbot

Chalaguine, LA; Hunter, A; Potts, H; Hamilton, F; (2020) Impact of argument type and concerns in argumentation with a chatbot. In: Proceedings - International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence, ICTAI. (pp. pp. 1557-1562). IEEE: Portland, OR, USA. Green open access

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Abstract

Conversational agents, also known as chatbots, are versatile tools that have the potential of being used in dialogical argumentation. They could possibly be deployed in tasks such as persuasion for behaviour change (e.g. persuading people to eat more fruit, to take regular exercise, etc.). However, to achieve this, there is a need to develop methods for acquiring appropriate arguments and counterargument that reflect both sides of the discussion. For instance, to persuade someone to do regular exercise, the chatbot needs to know counterarguments that the user might have for not doing exercise. To address this need, we present methods for acquiring arguments and counterarguments, and importantly, meta-level information that can be useful for deciding when arguments can be used during an argumentation dialogue. We evaluate these methods in studies with participants and show how harnessing these methods in a chatbot can make it more persuasive.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: Impact of argument type and concerns in argumentation with a chatbot
Event: 2019 IEEE 31st International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI)
ISBN-13: 9781728137988
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1109/ICTAI.2019.00224
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTAI.2019.00224
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: dialogical argumentation systems, chatbots, argument types, behaviour change, computational persuasion
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Primary Care and Population Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Health Informatics
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Health Informatics > CHIME
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10094817
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