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Theory of Mind in Man-Machine Interactions

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Perception and Machine Intelligence (PerMIn 2012)

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We report questionnaire data investigating people’s reactions to the directions provided by a hypothetical QA system, in order to understand how they interpret a given query. The discussion is couched within theory of mind, which provides a metaphor for research to improve man-machine communication by requiring a representation for the user’s representation of the world to be introduced.

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  1. Mitsui Mining & Smelting, Japan

    Fumito Hamada

  2. Institute of Literature and Linguistics, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Edson T. Miyamoto

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  1. Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Machine Intelligence Unit, Kolkata, India

    Malay K. Kundu  & Sushmita Mitra  & 

  2. Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Kolkata, India

    Debasis Mazumdar

  3. Indian Statistical Instituten (ISI), Kolkata, India

    Sankar K. Pal

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Hamada, F., Miyamoto, E.T. (2012). Theory of Mind in Man-Machine Interactions. In: Kundu, M.K., Mitra, S., Mazumdar, D., Pal, S.K. (eds) Perception and Machine Intelligence. PerMIn 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7143. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27387-2_11

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