Lessons Learned from Designing and Evaluating CLAICA: A Continuously Learning AI Cognitive Assistant

Samuel Kernan Freire, Evangelos Niforatos, Chaofan Wang, Santiago Ruiz-Arenas, Mina Foosherian, Stefan Wellsandt, Alessandro Bozzon

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Abstract

Learning to operate a complex system, such as an agile production line, can be a daunting task. The high variability in products and frequent reconfigurations make it difficult to keep documentation up-to-date and share new knowledge amongst factory workers. We introduce CLAICA, a Continuously Learning AI Cognitive Assistant that supports workers in the aforementioned scenario. CLAICA learns from (experienced) workers, formalizes new knowledge, stores it in a knowledge base, along with contextual information, and shares it when relevant. We conducted a user study with 83 participants who performed eight knowledge exchange tasks with CLAICA, completed a survey, and provided qualitative feedback. Our results provide a deeper understanding of how prior training, context expertise, and interaction modality affect the user experience of cognitive assistants. We draw on our results to elicit design and evaluation guidelines for cognitive assistants that support knowledge exchange in fast-paced and demanding environments, such as an agile production line.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIUI 2023 - Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces
PublisherACM
Pages553-568
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)979-8-4007-0106-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event28th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, IUI 2023 - Sydney, Australia
Duration: 27 Mar 202331 Mar 2023

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Proceedings IUI

Conference

Conference28th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, IUI 2023
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CitySydney
Period27/03/2331/03/23

Keywords

  • chatbots
  • cognitive assistant
  • human-centered AI
  • industry 5.0
  • knowledge sharing
  • knowledge-based AI

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