2 papers
cs.HC2018
The Design and Implementation of XiaoIce, an Empathetic Social Chatbot
Li Zhou, Jianfeng Gao, Di Li +1
This paper describes the development of Microsoft XiaoIce, the most popular social chatbot in the world. XiaoIce is uniquely designed as an AI companion with an emotional connectio…
cs.AI2018
From Eliza to XiaoIce: Challenges and Opportunities with Social Chatbots
Heung-Yeung Shum, Xiaodong He, Di Li
Conversational systems have come a long way since their inception in the 1960s. After decades of research and development, we've seen progress from Eliza and Parry in the 60's and…