Conversation Theory Literature Review

What is conversation? How can we design for effective conversation?, Hugh Dubberly and Paul Pangaro

Urban5

Urban5​ ​was​ ​designed​ ​by​ ​Nicholas​ ​Negroponte​ ​and​ ​MIT’s​ ​Architecture​ ​Machine​ ​Group​ ​to​ ​“study the​ ​desirability​ ​and​ ​feasibility​ ​of​ ​conversing​ ​with​ ​a​ ​machine​ ​about​ ​environmental​ ​design project…​ ​using​ ​the​ ​computer​ ​as​ ​an​ ​objective​ ​mirror​ ​of​ ​the​ ​user’s​…

Replika

Replika “is an AI friend that is always there for you” that you grow through conversation. It sells itself as “a safe space to share thoughts and feelings without fear of being judged” and “save the moments from your daily life that matter most.”

Literature Review

A compilation of findings

Interface, Branden Hookway

Hookway explores how an interface is “a form of relating to technology… to be composed of the combined activities of human and machine” and not a “form of…

Some Notes From Mostly CHI Papers

Notes From CHI papers

Voice Interfaces in Everyday Life, Martin Porcheron , Joel E. Fischer , Stuart Reeves , and Sarah Sharples

The Coordinator

The​ ​Coordinator​ ​was​ ​a​ ​system​ ​designed​ ​by​ ​Terry​ ​Winograd​ ​to​ ​“provide​ ​facilities​ ​for​ ​generating, transmitting,​ ​storing,​ ​retrieving,​ ​and​ ​displaying​ ​messages​ ​that​ ​are​ ​records​ ​of​ ​moves​ ​in conversations.”​ ​(Winograd,​ ​1987)​ ​Unlike​ ​Musicolor,​ ​which​…

Notes and Mostly Questions for Rotation 1

• How can a conversational interface support conversational symbiosis: embracing differences, taking advantage of competencies, promoting cooperation, and allowing for mutual understanding between humans and agents?

How do I define conversational symbiosis? (First Go)

Note: This is going to change over time. This is an exercise for the purposes of informing work in my first rotation.

Clarification

Eliza

ELIZA​ ​was​ ​a​ ​system​ ​​designed​ ​by​ ​Joseph​ ​Weizenbaum​​ ​that​ ​allowed​​ ​“human​ ​correspondents” (Weizenbaum,​ ​1966)​ ​to​ ​communicate​ ​through​ ​a​ ​typewriter​ ​to​ ​a​ ​simulated​ ​psychologist.​ ​“This mode​ ​of​ ​conversation​ ​was​ ​chosen​ ​because​ ​the​ ​psychiatric​ ​interview​ ​is​ ​one​…

Week 2 Updates

Two weeks into the fall semester

I now find myself two weeks into the fall semester, this week I was able to:

• Continue building out my Medium publication. I was able to add artifact reviews that I had already completed and add a…