4 papers
How Different, or Different How? Stance Granularity in Viewpoint Selection for Dialog Systems that Engage Users with Alternative Views
Morita Tarvirdians, Reeve Lorena, Catharine Oertel
Systems that aim to help a user engage with viewpoints other than their own have to decide how different those viewpoints should be. Viewpoints are mainly represented on a scalar s…
Why This and Not That? A Collaborative Reflection Approach for Understanding Thought Coverage in Decision Making Support Dialog
Morita Tarvirdians, Hayley Hung, Catharine Oertel
Conversational agents that support reflection for decision-making often rely on adaptive dialog policies that map observed user behavior to actions such as probing, deepening, or r…
Reflecti-Mate: A Conversational Agent for Adaptive Decision-Making Support Through System 1 and System 2 Thinking
Morita Tarvirdians, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Hayley Hung +2
Making high-stakes personal decisions involves cognitive, emotional, and intuitive processes, and individuals differ in how they allocate attention across these modes. Integration…
Reflection Before Action: Designing a Framework for Quantifying Thought Patterns for Increased Self-awareness in Personal Decision Making
Morita Tarvirdians, Senthil Chandrasegaran, Hayley Hung +2
When making significant life decisions, people increasingly turn to conversational AI tools, such as large language models (LLMs). However, LLMs often steer users toward solutions,…