@inproceedings{thies2017how,
author = {Thies, Indrani Medhi and O'Neill, Jacki and Menon, Nandita and Magapu, Sneha and Subramony, Manisha},
title = {How do you want your chatbot? An exploratory Wizard-of-Oz study with young, urban Indians},
booktitle = {INTERACT 2017},
year = {2017},
month = {September},
abstract = {As text-messaging chatbots become increasingly “human”, it will be important to understand the personal interactions that users are seeking with a chatbot. What chatbot personalities are most compelling to young, urban users in India? To explore this question, we first conducted exploratory Wizard-of-Oz (WoZ) studies with 14 users that simulated interactions with a hypothetical chatbot. We evaluated three personalities for the chatbot—Maya, a productivity oriented bot with nerd wit; Ada, a fun, flirtatious bot; and Evi, an emotional buddy bot. We followed up with one-on-one interviews with the users discussing their experiences with each of the chatbots, what they liked, and what they did not. Overall our results show that users wanted a chatbot like Maya, who could add value to their life while being a friend, by making useful recommendations. But they also wanted preferred traits of Ada and Evi infused into Maya.},
url = {http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/research/publication/want-chatbot-exploratory-wizard-oz-study-young-urban-indians/},
edition = {INTERACT 2017},
}