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Advancements in Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) have improved human motion understanding. However, these models remain constrained by their "instruct-only" nature, lacking interactivity and adaptability for diverse analytical…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-02-28 Lei Li , Sen Jia , Jianhao Wang , Zhaochong An , Jiaang Li , Jenq-Neng Hwang , Serge Belongie

Numerous methods have been proposed to detect, estimate, and analyze properties of people in images, including 3D pose, shape, contact, human-object interaction, and emotion. While widely applicable in vision and other areas, such methods…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-30 Jing Lin , Yao Feng , Weiyang Liu , Michael J. Black

Conversational chatbots are Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered applications that assist users with various tasks by responding in natural language and are prevalent across different industries. Most of the chatbots that we encounter on…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-12-17 Sarada Devaram

Conversation interfaces (CIs), or chatbots, are a popular form of intelligent agents that engage humans in task-oriented or informal conversation. In this position paper and demonstration, we argue that chatbots working in dynamic…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-03-28 Biplav Srivastava

Generative AI models continue to become more powerful. The launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 has ushered in a new era of AI. ChatGPT and other similar chatbots have a range of capabilities, from answering student homework questions to…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-06-14 Yanchen Wang , Lisa Singh

We develop a chatbot using Deep Bidirectional Transformer models (BERT) to handle client questions in financial investment customer service. The bot can recognize 381 intents, and decides when to say "I don't know" and escalates…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-03-12 Shi Yu , Yuxin Chen , Hussain Zaidi

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes a prominent part of modern life, AI literacy is becoming important for all citizens, not just those in technology careers. Previous research in AI education materials has largely focused on the…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-12-16 Kate Pearce , Sharifa Alghowinem , Cynthia Breazeal

Mutation analysis is a well-established technique for assessing test quality in the traditional software development paradigm by injecting artificial faults into programs. Its application to deep learning (DL) has expanded beyond classical…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Zaheed Ahmed , Philip Makedonski , Jens Grabowski

In the context of black-box testing, generating test cases through model mutation is known to produce powerful test suites but usually has the drawback of being prohibitively expensive. This paper presents a new version of the tool…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2016-12-22 Willibald Krenn , Rupert Schlick

The GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) language models are an artificial intelligence and natural language processing technology that enables automatic text generation. There is a growing interest in applying GPT language models to…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-03-25 Manuel de Buenaga , Francisco Javier Bueno

Mutation testing is a standard technique to evaluate the quality of a test suite. Due to its computationally intensive nature, many approaches have been proposed to make this technique feasible in real case scenarios. Among these…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2016-07-11 Ali Parsai , Alessandro Murgia , Serge Demeyer

Creating and deploying customized applications is crucial for operational success and enriching user experiences in the rapidly evolving modern business world. A prominent facet of modern user experiences is the integration of chatbots or…

Chatbots are used in many applications, e.g., automated agents, smart home assistants, interactive characters in online games, etc. Therefore, it is crucial to ensure they do not behave in undesired manners, providing offensive or toxic…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-09-12 Wai Man Si , Michael Backes , Jeremy Blackburn , Emiliano De Cristofaro , Gianluca Stringhini , Savvas Zannettou , Yang Zhang

Interview chatbots engage users in a text-based conversation to draw out their views and opinions. It is, however, challenging to build effective interview chatbots that can handle user free-text responses to open-ended questions and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-02-06 Ziang Xiao , Michelle X. Zhou , Wenxi Chen , Huahai Yang , Changyan Chi

In this paper, we propose Evebot, an innovative, sequence to sequence (Seq2seq) based, fully generative conversational system for the diagnosis of negative emotions and prevention of depression through positively suggestive responses. The…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-10-16 Junjie Yin , Zixun Chen , Kelai Zhou , Chongyuan Yu

While current dialogue systems like ChatGPT have made significant advancements in text-based interactions, they often overlook the potential of other modalities in enhancing the overall user experience. We present FaceChat, a web-based…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-03-14 Deema Alnuhait , Qingyang Wu , Zhou Yu

Persuasion plays a pivotal role in a wide range of applications from health intervention to the promotion of social good. Persuasive chatbots employed responsibly for social good can be an enabler of positive individual and social change.…

In this paper, we outline the vision of chatbots that facilitate the interaction between citizens and policy-makers at the city scale. We report the results of a co-design session attended by more than 60 participants. We give an outlook of…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2017-08-10 Pavel Kucherbaev , Achilleas Psyllidis , Alessandro Bozzon

Politically sensitive topics are still a challenge for open-domain chatbots. However, dealing with politically sensitive content in a responsible, non-partisan, and safe behavior way is integral for these chatbots. Currently, the main…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-06-14 Yejin Bang , Nayeon Lee , Etsuko Ishii , Andrea Madotto , Pascale Fung

In this paper, we propose Tutoring bot, a generative chatbot trained on a large scale of tutor-student conversations for English-language learning. To mimic a human tutor's behavior in language education, the tutor bot leverages diverse…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-02-27 Hyungjoo Chae , Minjin Kim , Chaehyeong Kim , Wonseok Jeong , Hyejoong Kim , Junmyung Lee , Jinyoung Yeo