Trust and Perceived Control in Burnout Support Chatbots

Increased levels of user control and feedback incorporation in learning systems is commonly cited as good AI development practice. However, the evidence as to the exact effect of perceived control over trust in these systems is mixed. This study investigates the relationship between different dimensions of trust and perceived control in...

Smart Team Play: Utility of Population-Based Training for Cooperative AI in Overcooked

In an ad-hoc teamwork environment, artificial intelligence agents have the potential to take on supportive roles and complete tasks in collaboration with human players. The following paper investigates the use of employing population-based training (PBT) for reinforcement learning agents in the multi-player game Overcooked. In addition to this,...

Assisting agent’s effect on the trustworthiness of their human teammate

Collaborative AI (CAI) is a fast growing field of study. Cooperation between teams composed of humans and artificial intelligence needs to be principled and founded on reciprocal trust. Modelling the trustworthiness of humans is a difficult task because of the ambiguous nature of its definition as well as the effect of team work dynamic. This...

Experience Sharing Conversational Agent for Type II Diabetes

In this work, a conversational interaction was designed and implemented to test the effect of references to past events or shared experiences rephrased into motivational phrases within the context of working towards a diet related goal that can assist with type II diabetes over multiple sessions.<br/>Prior works that utilized a memory typically...

Manoeuvrability and communication requirements for safe operation when manned and unmanned vessels meet

This thesis proposes two methods two solve the challenge of communication between manned and unmannd vessels. The first solution is to avoid communication by staying well clear. The second solution is to develop a protocol based on existing systems and protocols, to facilitate communication between manned and unmanned vessels.