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SUMMARY:Embodied Conversational AI
DESCRIPTION:With a great passion for teaching languages in virtual worlds and VR, this presentation explains how to transform text-based chatbots into visually embodied digital companions with voice, facial expressions, and distinctive personalities. It begins by exploring how visual representation affects trust, empathy, and credibility in human-computer interaction. The concept of the uncanny valley is introduced, examining how human perception of almost-but-not-quite-human avatars can influence emotional responses, trust, and acceptance. Reflections and discussion points are raised on how people often attribute human-like qualities to embodied conversational AI and respond to them as if they were social beings, highlighting the psychological dynamics of human-AI interaction. This presentation includes showcasing prototypes by students of the newly founded AI and Societies Master Class in Berlin.\n
URL:https://conference.opensimulator.org/events/embodied-conversational-ai/
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