Alexa, Do I Understand You?
Steve Duman writes a post for the university’s science blog ‘Sci Five’ covering ongoing research by the Cognition, Language, and Interaction with Machines Research Group regarding interaction with virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa.
Virtual assistants feature voice user interfaces, where people speak commands. The use of spoken language in human-computer interaction presents a series of unanswered questions, ranging from the extent to which people personify these virtual assistants to possible carry-over effects on everyday human to human interaction.
Read Steve Duman's entire blog post.