Modeling an Empathetic Embodied Conversational Agent

  • Paulo Ricardo Knob PUCRS
  • Soraia Raupp Musse PUCRS

Resumo


Este trabalho tem como objetivo propor um agente conversacional empatico dotado de uma memoria similar à humana e capaz de mostrar certa extensao de empatia. Além disso, este modelo dota o agente virtual com algumas outras habilidades, como reconhecer a pessoa com quem esta conversando pela face e armazenar/recuperar informações com base em um modelo de memoria humana. Alguns experimentos foram realizados para coletar informações quantitativas e qualitativas, as quais mostram que o modelo proposto funciona como pretendido.

Palavras-chave: Agente Conversasional, Memória Humana, Recuperação da Informação

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Publicado
06/11/2023
KNOB, Paulo Ricardo; MUSSE, Soraia Raupp. Modeling an Empathetic Embodied Conversational Agent. In: CONCURSO DE TESES E DISSERTAÇÕES – DOUTORADO - SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE JOGOS E ENTRETENIMENTO DIGITAL (SBGAMES), 22. , 2023, Rio Grande/RS. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2023 . p. 1390-1396. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbgames_estendido.2023.234986.