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User Expectations of Conversational Chatbots Based on Online Reviews

Svikhnushina, Ekaterina  
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Placinta, Alexandru
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Pu, Pearl  
January 1, 2021
Proceedings Of The 2021 Acm Designing Interactive Systems Conference (Dis 2021)
ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS)

Open-domain chatbots that can engage in a conversation on any topic received significant attention in the last several years, which opened opportunities for studying user interaction with them. Drawing from reviews of chatbots posted on Google Play, we explore user experience and expectations of these agents in a mixed-method study. Results of statistical analysis reveal which social qualities of chatbots are the most significant for user satisfaction. Further, we employ natural language processing and qualitative methods to identify how users wish their chatbots to evolve in the future. While currently users mostly value the entertaining component of their experience, their expectations call for more human-like behavior of chatbots. The most prominent expectations include chatbots' abilities to treat and express emotions and be more attentive to the user. Based on these findings, we conclude with design implications, discussing the directions for developing social skills of open-domain chatbots.

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Type
conference paper
DOI
10.1145/3461778.3462125
Web of Science ID

WOS:000747486000110

Author(s)
Svikhnushina, Ekaterina  
Placinta, Alexandru
Pu, Pearl  
Date Issued

2021-01-01

Publisher

ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY

Publisher place

New York

Published in
Proceedings Of The 2021 Acm Designing Interactive Systems Conference (Dis 2021)
ISBN of the book

978-1-4503-8476-6

Start page

1481

End page

1491

Subjects

Computer Science, Cybernetics

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Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications

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Computer Science, Theory & Methods

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Ergonomics

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Computer Science

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Engineering

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chatbot

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conversational agent

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user reviews

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mixed-method study

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model

Editorial or Peer reviewed

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EPFL

EPFL units
GR-PU  
Event nameEvent placeEvent date
ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS)

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Jun 28-Jul 02, 2021

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February 28, 2022
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/185783
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