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Effects of Saliency of an Agent’s Input Information on Estimation of Mental States toward the Agent

Authors:
Yuki Ninomiya
Asaya Shimojo
Shota Matsubayashi
Hitoshi Terai
Kazuhisa Miwa

Keywords: agent, goal inference, theory of mind

Abstract:
Humans predict the behaviors of an autonomous agent by estimating its mental state via anthropomorphization of the agent. This paper examines the effect of the saliency of input information used by an agent on user estimation of the agent’s mental state. The results demonstrate that observers can correctly estimate the mental states of agents whose input information has both high and low saliency. However, we found that observers face difficulties when asked to report their estimations verbally. This suggests that a discrepancy exists between the estimation of the agent’s mental state and the user’s verbal reporting.

Pages: 106 to 109

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2023

Publication date: April 24, 2023

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4138

ISBN: 978-1-68558-078-0

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from April 24, 2023 to April 28, 2023