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A Design Philosophy for Agents in the Smart Home
William Seymour
The home is often the most private space in people's lives, and not one in which they expect to be surveilled. However, today's market for smart home devices has quickly evolved to…
Ignorance is Bliss? The Effect of Explanations on Perceptions of Voice Assistants
William Seymour, Jose Such
Voice assistants offer a convenient and hands-free way of accessing computing in the home, but a key problem with speech as an interaction modality is how to scaffold accurate ment…
A Systematic Review of Ethical Concerns with Voice Assistants
William Seymour, Xiao Zhan, Mark Cote +1
Since Siri's release in 2011 there have been a growing number of AI-driven domestic voice assistants that are increasingly being integrated into devices such as smartphones and TVs…
When It's Not Worth the Paper It's Written On: A Provocation on the Certification of Skills in the Alexa and Google Assistant Ecosystems
William Seymour, Mark Cote, Jose Such
The increasing reach and functionality of voice assistants has allowed them to become a general-purpose platform for tasks like playing music, accessing information, and controllin…
Can you meaningfully consent in eight seconds? Identifying Ethical Issues with Verbal Consent for Voice Assistants
William Seymour, Mark Cote, Jose Such
Determining how voice assistants should broker consent to share data with third party software has proven to be a complex problem. Devices often require users to switch to companio…
Respect as a Lens for the Design of AI Systems
William Seymour, Max Van Kleek, Reuben Binns +1
Critical examinations of AI systems often apply principles such as fairness, justice, accountability, and safety, which is reflected in AI regulations such as the EU AI Act. Are su…
Consent on the Fly: Developing Ethical Verbal Consent for Voice Assistants
William Seymour, Mark Cote, Jose Such
Determining how voice assistants should broker consent to share data with third party software has proven to be a complex problem. Devices often require users to switch to companio…