van Leeuwen, J.P., Quanjer, A.J., Jylhä, A. 2019 “Envisioning Conversational Agents in Public Spaces – a case of talking lampposts” In: Beyond Smart Cities Today, 18-19 September 2019, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Abstract
Beyond the potential of new layers of urban infrastructure – sensor-laden networks, big data, artificial intelligence – to optimize cities functionally, lay promising opportunities to also use these technologies for new forms of social interactions. In an ongoing smart city development project, we explore the potential of distributed conversational speech interfaces in the social context of local urban communities.
Envisioning Conversational Agents in Public Spaces – a case of talking lampposts