Using Negative Affect to Reinforce Moral Norms in Casual Speech
Hideki Garcia Goo, Jaime Alvarez Perez, Ana Cecilia Sánchez Ramos · 2021
The words and phrases we utilize in our daily lives reflect our social context, namely its hierarchies and inequalities (e.g., racial, gender). Furthermore, the usage of specific forms of expression can be harmful to vulnerable populations. Here, we propose the development of a robotic agent that will help users seeking to change their speaking habits (i.e., using words that could be harmful to vulnerable populations) fulfill their goal. We provide an overview of our project as well as its tentative design and potential features to be included, such as voice recognition to identify when the user uses a specific word, and the incorporation of a dictionary to inform users of the historical background of certain terms.