Meeting them halfway : altering language conventions to facilitate human-robot interaction

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dc.contributor.authorAlberts, Lizeen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-15T09:44:21Zen_ZA
dc.date.available2021-11-15T09:44:21Zen_ZA
dc.date.issued2019-09-17en_ZA
dc.descriptionCITATION: Alberts, L. 2019. Meeting them halfway: Altering language conventions to facilitate human-robot interaction. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 56:97-122. doi:10.5842/56-0-799en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://spilplus.journals.ac.za/puben_ZA
dc.description.abstractENGLISH ABSTRACT: This article considers the remaining hindrances for natural language processing technologies in achieving open and natural (human-like) interaction between humans and computers. Although artificially intelligent (AI) systems have been making great strides in this field, particularly with the development of deep learning architectures that carry surface-level statistical methods to greater levels of sophistication, these systems are yet incapable of deep semantic analysis, reliable translation, and generating rich answers to open-ended questions. I consider how the process may be facilitated from our side, first, by altering some of our existing language conventions (which may occur naturally) if we are to proceed with statistical approaches, and secondly, by considering possibilities in using a formalised artificial language as an auxiliary medium, as it may avoid many of the inherent ambiguities and irregularities that make natural language difficult to process using rule-based methods. As current systems have been predominantly English-based, I argue that a formal auxiliary language would not only be a simpler and more reliable medium for computer processing, but may also offer a more neutral, easy-to-learn lingua franca for uniting people from different linguistic backgrounds with none necessarily having the upper hand.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://spilplus.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/799en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher’s versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent26 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAlberts, L. 2019. Meeting them halfway: Altering language conventions to facilitate human-robot interaction. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 56:97-122. doi:10.5842/56-0-799en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2224-3380 (online)en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1726-541X (print)en_ZA
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6669-1084en_ZA
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.5842/56-0-799en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/123453en_ZA
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectNatural language processing (Linguistics)en_ZA
dc.subjectArtificial languageen_ZA
dc.subjectSymbolic AIen_ZA
dc.subjectComputational linguisticsen_ZA
dc.subjectInternational auxiliary languageen_ZA
dc.titleMeeting them halfway : altering language conventions to facilitate human-robot interactionen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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