Moore, R.K. (2017) A needs-driven cognitive architecture for future 'intelligent' communicative agents. In: Chrisley, R., Müller, V.C., Sandamirskaya, Y. and Vincze, M., (eds.) Proceedings of EUCognition 2016 - "Cognitive Robot Architectures". EUCognition Meeting (European Society for Cognitive Systems) "Cognitive Robot Architectures", December 8-9, 2016, Vienna, Austria. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 1855 (1855). CEUR Workshop Proceedings , pp. 50-51.
Abstract
Recent years have seen considerable progress in the deployment of 'intelligent' communicative agents such as Apple's Siri, Google Now, Microsoft's Cortana and Amazon's Alexa. Such speech-enabled assistants are distinguished from the previous generation of voice-based systems in that they claim to offer access to services and information via conversational interaction. In reality, interaction has limited depth and, after initial enthusiasm, users revert to more traditional interface technologies. This paper argues that the standard architecture for a contemporary communicative agent fails to capture the fundamental properties of human spoken language. So an alternative needs-driven cognitive architecture is proposed which models speech-based interaction as an emergent property of coupled hierarchical feedback control processes. The implications for future spoken language systems are discussed.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 The Authors. Copying permitted for private and academic purposes. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Computer Science (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EUROPEAN COMMISSION - FP6/FP7 EASEL - 611971 ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL (EPSRC) EP/J013714/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 31 Jul 2017 11:14 |
Last Modified: | 31 Jul 2017 11:14 |
Published Version: | http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1855/ |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | CEUR Workshop Proceedings |
Series Name: | CEUR Workshop Proceedings |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:119637 |