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Robo-Identity: Exploring Artificial Identity and Emotion via Speech Interactions

Laban, G. , Le Maguer, S., Lee, M., Kontogiorgos, D., Reig, S., Torre, I., Tejwani, R., Dennis, M. J. and Pereira, A. (2022) Robo-Identity: Exploring Artificial Identity and Emotion via Speech Interactions. In: 2022 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '22), Sapporo, Japan, 07-10 Mar 2022, pp. 1265-1268. ISBN 9781665407311 (doi: 10.5555/3523760.3523999)

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Abstract

Following the success of the first edition of Robo-Identity, the second edition will provide an opportunity to expand the discussion about artificial identity. This year, we are focusing on emotions that are expressed through speech and voice. Synthetic voices of robots can resemble and are becoming indistinguishable from expressive human voices. This can be an opportunity and a constraint in expressing emotional speech that can (falsely) convey a human-like identity that can mislead people, leading to ethical issues. How should we envision an agent's artificial identity? In what ways should we have robots that maintain a machine-like stance, e.g., through robotic speech, and should emotional expressions that are increasingly human-like be seen as design opportunities? These are not mutually exclusive concerns. As this discussion needs to be conducted in a multidisciplinary manner, we welcome perspectives on challenges and opportunities from variety of fields. For this year's edition, the special theme will be "speech, emotion and artificial identity''.

Item Type:	Conference Proceedings
Keywords:	Affective science, affective computing, emotion, artificial identity, voice, speech, human-robot interaction.
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:	Laban, Mr Guy
Authors:	Laban, G., Le Maguer, S., Lee, M., Kontogiorgos, D., Reig, S., Torre, I., Tejwani, R., Dennis, M. J., and Pereira, A.
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
College/School:	College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Psychology & Neuroscience
Research Group:	Social Brain in Action Lab
Publisher:	IEEE Press
ISBN:	9781665407311
Copyright Holders:	Copyright © 2022 IEEE
First Published:	First published in HRI '22: Proceedings of the 2022 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction: 1265-1268
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Deposit and Record Details

ID Code:	266662
Depositing User:	Mr Guy Laban
Datestamp:	08 Mar 2022 09:37
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2022 10:00
Date of acceptance:	23 November 2021
Date of first online publication:	7 March 2022
Date Deposited:	8 March 2022
Data Availability Statement:	No