Will the Assistant Become the Driver, and the Driver Become the Assistant?

Meck, Anna-Maria ; Sardone, Marion und Cullmann, Jacqueline (2023): Will the Assistant Become the Driver, and the Driver Become the Assistant? CUI '23: ACM conference on Conversational User Interfaces, Eindhoven Netherlands, July 19 - 21, 2023. Lee, Minha; Munteanu, Cosmin; Porcheron, Martin; Trippas, Johanne und Völkel, Sarah Theres (eds.) : In: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Conversational User Interfaces, 30 New York, NY, United States: Association for Computing Machinery.

Abstract

Current conversational and hierarchical structures between Personal Assistants (PAs) and drivers are clearly and explicitly defined, in that users are either hierarchically superordinate or on par with their PAs. Simultaneously, technological advances around intelligence, personalization and proactivity have gained momentum in the most recent past. The exponential development of intelligence-based technologies will soon enable PAs to take over large parts of the driving process. PAs will convince drivers to trust in their capabilities, by explaining themselves and their decision-making processes. They will consider drivers’ knowledge, experience, and needs to transform interactions into deeply personal experiences. Furthermore, proactive PAs will provide context-sensitive content in adequate situations. These developments may just tip the scale and challenge currently valid PA-driver-relations. We envision roles to undergo a reversal: where conversations are now driven by users and assisted by assistants, intelligent, personalized, and proactive PAs will take over the lead and, figuratively, the driver seat.

• Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
• Faculties: Languages and Literatures
• Subjects: 300 Social sciences > 380 Commerce, communications and transportation; 400 Language > 410 Linguistics
• ISBN: 979-8-4007-0014-9
• Place of Publication: New York, NY, United States
• Language: English