The role of emotion in self-explanations by cognitive agents

Frank Kaptein; Joost Broekens; Koen Hindriks; Mark Neerincx

doi:10.1109/ACIIW.2017.8272595

The role of emotion in self-explanations by cognitive agents

Frank Kaptein
, Joost Broekens
, Koen Hindriks
, Mark Neerincx

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Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, including intelligent agents, are becoming increasingly complex. Explainable AI (XAI) is the capability of these systems to explain their behaviour, in a for humans understandable manner. Cognitive agents, a type of intelligent agents, typically explain their actions with their beliefs and desires. However, humans also take into account their own and other's emotions in their explanations, and humans explain their emotions. We refer to using emotions in XAI as Emotion-aware eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (EXAI). Although EXAI should also include awareness of the other's emotions, in this work we focus on how the simulation of emotions in cognitive agents can help them self-explain their behaviour. We argue that emotions simulated based on cognitive appraisal theory enable (1) the explanation of these emotions, (2) using them as a heuristic to identify important beliefs and desires for the explanation, and (3) the use of emotion words in the explanations themselves.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 Seventh International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos (ACIIW)
Subtitle of host publication	[Proceedings]
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	88-93
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538606803
ISBN (Print)	9781538606810
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ACIIW.2017.8272595
Publication status	Published - 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	7th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos, ACIIW 2017 - San Antonio, United States Duration: 23 Oct 2017 → 26 Oct 2017

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Conference	7th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos, ACIIW 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Antonio
Period	23/10/17 → 26/10/17

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Published online: 1 February 2018

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*The PAL project is supported by Horizon2020 grant nr. 643783-RIA. 1Department of Intelligent Systems, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands [email protected] 2TNO, Postbus 23, 3769 ZG Soesterberg, The Netherlands

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Horizon2020	643783-RIA

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Kaptein, F., Broekens, J., Hindriks, K., & Neerincx, M. (2017). The role of emotion in self-explanations by cognitive agents. In 2017 Seventh International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos (ACIIW): [Proceedings] (pp. 88-93). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACIIW.2017.8272595

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Kaptein, F, Broekens, J, Hindriks, K & Neerincx, M 2017, The role of emotion in self-explanations by cognitive agents. in 2017 Seventh International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos (ACIIW): [Proceedings]. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 88-93, 7th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos, ACIIW 2017, San Antonio, United States, 23/10/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACIIW.2017.8272595

The role of emotion in self-explanations by cognitive agents. / Kaptein, Frank; Broekens, Joost; Hindriks, Koen et al.
2017 Seventh International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos (ACIIW): [Proceedings]. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. p. 88-93.

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