AIMC Topic: Persuasive Communication

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How Social Cues in Virtual Assistants Influence Concerns and Persuasion: The Role of Voice and a Human Name.

Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking
The aim of this study was to test how two important types of social cues used by virtual assistants today can affect consumer concerns and persuasion. These two cues are modality (voice-based via smart speaker, voice-based via a smartphone, or text-b...

The Internet as Cognitive Enhancement.

Science and engineering ethics
The Internet has been identified in human enhancement scholarship as a powerful cognitive enhancement technology. It offers instant access to almost any type of information, along with the ability to share that information with others. The aim of thi...

Artificial Intelligence and Persuasion: A Construal-Level Account.

Psychological science
Although more individuals are relying on information provided by nonhuman agents, such as artificial intelligence and robots, little research has examined how persuasion attempts made by nonhuman agents might differ from persuasion attempts made by h...

Explainable AI meets persuasiveness: Translating reasoning results into behavioral change advice.

Artificial intelligence in medicine
Explainable AI aims at building intelligent systems that are able to provide a clear, and human understandable, justification of their decisions. This holds for both rule-based and data-driven methods. In management of chronic diseases, the users of ...

Considering patient safety in autonomous e-mental health systems - detecting risk situations and referring patients back to human care.

BMC medical informatics and decision making
BACKGROUND: Digital health interventions can fill gaps in mental healthcare provision. However, autonomous e-mental health (AEMH) systems also present challenges for effective risk management. To balance autonomy and safety, AEMH systems need to dete...

The Role of Reciprocity in Verbally Persuasive Robots.

Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking
The current research examines the persuasive effects of reciprocity in the context of human-robot interaction. This is an important theoretical and practical extension of persuasive robotics by testing (1) if robots can utilize verbal requests and (2...

How AI sources can increase openness to opposing views.

Scientific reports
Exposure to counterattitudinal information has been shown to yield mixed effects on attitude polarization. The current research explores the differential impact of such information when generated by artificial intelligence (AI) versus human sources. ...