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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has a communication problem. XAI methods have been used to make AI more understandable and helped resolve some of the transparency issues that inhibit AI's broader usability. However, user evaluation studies…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-09-01 Simon Hudson , Matija Franklin

We propose a new method for explanations in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and a tool to test its expressive power within a user interface. In order to bridge the gap between philosophy and human-computer interfaces, we show a new approach…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-09-10 Francesco Sovrano , Fabio Vitali

As AI technologies progress, social acceptance of AI agents, including intelligent virtual agents and robots, is becoming even more important for more applications of AI in human society. One way to improve the relationship between humans…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-05-12 Takahiro Tsumura , Seiji Yamada

Generating explanation to explain its behavior is an essential capability for a robotic teammate. Explanations help human partners better understand the situation and maintain trust of their teammates. Prior work on robot generating…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-02-05 Yu Zhang , Mehrdad Zakershahrak

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…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-02-19 Xingyu Bruce Liu , Shitao Fang , Weiyan Shi , Chien-Sheng Wu , Takeo Igarashi , Xiang Anthony Chen

Individuals are turning to increasingly anthropomorphic, general-purpose chatbots for AI companionship, rather than roleplay-specific platforms. However, not much is known about how individuals perceive and conduct their relationships with…

In social science, formal and quantitative models, such as ones describing economic growth and collective action, are used to formulate mechanistic explanations, provide predictions, and uncover questions about observed phenomena. Here, we…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2023-08-17 Julia Balla , Sihao Huang , Owen Dugan , Rumen Dangovski , Marin Soljacic

We discuss the emerging new opportunity for building feedback-rich computational models of social systems using generative artificial intelligence. Referred to as Generative Agent-Based Models (GABMs), such individual-level models utilize…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-01-15 Navid Ghaffarzadegan , Aritra Majumdar , Ross Williams , Niyousha Hosseinichimeh

Understanding when and why to apply any given eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) technique is not a straightforward task. There is no single approach that is best suited for a given context. This paper aims to address the challenge…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-12-14 Leila Methnani , Virginia Dignum , Andreas Theodorou

We consider the problem of designing an artificial agent capable of interacting with humans in collaborative dialogue to produce creative, engaging narratives. In this task, the goal is to establish universe details, and to collaborate on…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-02-01 Kory W. Mathewson , Pablo Samuel Castro , Colin Cherry , George Foster , Marc G. Bellemare

The cooperation among AI systems, and between AI systems and humans is becoming increasingly important. In various real-world tasks, an agent needs to cooperate with unknown partner agent types. This requires the agent to assess the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-05 Antti Keurulainen , Isak Westerlund , Ariel Kwiatkowski , Samuel Kaski , Alexander Ilin

Recent developments in explainable artificial intelligence promise the potential to transform human-robot interaction: Explanations of robot decisions could affect user perceptions, justify their reliability, and increase trust. However,…

Advances in autonomous driving provide an opportunity for AI-assisted driving instruction that directly addresses the critical need for human driving improvement. How should an AI instructor convey information to promote learning? In a…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-06-14 Robert Kaufman , Jean Costa , Everlyne Kimani

Agentic AI seeks to endow systems with sustained autonomy, reasoning, and interaction capabilities. To realize this vision, its assumptions about agency must be complemented by explicit models of cognition, cooperation, and governance. This…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-11 Virginia Dignum , Frank Dignum

When AI systems interact with humans in the loop, they are often called on to provide explanations for their plans and behavior. Past work on plan explanations primarily involved the AI system explaining the correctness of its plan and the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-06-01 Tathagata Chakraborti , Sarath Sreedharan , Yu Zhang , Subbarao Kambhampati

When deploying autonomous agents in the real world, we need effective ways of communicating objectives to them. Traditional skill learning has revolved around reinforcement and imitation learning, each with rigid constraints on the format…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-11-21 Mark Woodward , Chelsea Finn , Karol Hausman

We show that the ability to lead groups of humans is predicted by leadership skill with Artificially Intelligent agents. In a large pre-registered lab experiment, human leaders worked with AI agents to solve problems. Their performance on…

General Economics · Economics 2025-08-06 Ben Weidmann , Yixian Xu , David J. Deming

The question addressed in this paper is: If we present to a user an AI system that explains how it works, how do we know whether the explanation works and the user has achieved a pragmatic understanding of the AI? In other words, how do we…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-02-04 Robert R. Hoffman , Shane T. Mueller , Gary Klein , Jordan Litman

This paper proposes models of learning process in teams of individuals who collectively execute a sequence of tasks and whose actions are determined by individual skill levels and networks of interpersonal appraisals and influence. The…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2016-10-03 Wenjun Mei , Noah E. Friedkin , Kyle Lewis , Francesco Bullo

Social robots and conversational agents are being explored as supports for wellbeing, goal-setting, and everyday self-regulation. While prior work highlights their potential to motivate and guide users, much of the evidence relies on…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-02-05 Keya Shah , Himanshi Lalwani , Zein Mukhanov , Hanan Salam