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  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Social Psychology

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  • Conversational agents (chatbots) are increasingly sophisticated.
  • The Turing Test is a standard for evaluating machine intelligence.
  • Human embodiment can influence perceptions of artificial intelligence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate human-computer interaction using "echoborgs"—humans shadowing AI-generated speech.
  • To assess if echoborgs improve chatbot performance in Turing Tests.
  • To understand user experiences and perceptions of interacting with echoborgs.

Main Methods:

  • Three studies were conducted involving participants interacting with chatbots via text or echoborg interfaces.
  • Study 1: Turing Test to evaluate chatbot passing rate and human-likeness ratings.
  • Study 2 & 3: Participants judged if their interlocutor was a chatbot or pretending, with varying levels of participant awareness.

Main Results:

  • Human shadowing did not improve chatbot success in passing the Turing Test.
  • Echoborgs increased perceived human-likeness but also led to more participants suspecting the interlocutor was pretending to be a chatbot.
  • When unaware, most participants interacting with an echoborg did not detect a robotic interaction.

Conclusions:

  • The embodiment of AI-generated speech through a human (echoborg) significantly alters interaction dynamics.
  • Echoborgs enhance the perception of human-likeness but do not guarantee passing the Turing Test.
  • Findings have implications for android science, the Turing Test, and human-computer interaction regarding embodied AI.