Humoroids: conversational agents that induce positive emotions with humor

Authors:
Pawel Dybala;Michal Ptaszynski;Rafal Rzepka;Kenji Araki
Affiliations:
Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan;Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan;Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan;Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan
Venue:
Proceedings of The 8th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems - Volume 2
Year:
2009

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Abstract

In this paper we propose a definition of "Humoroids" -- a new class of humor-equipped talking agents. We summarize existing research, discuss the concept of Humoroids and introduce our pun-telling agent, which (as shown in an evaluation experiment) induces positive emotion in human interlocutors.