2023 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Proposal on discussion element-specific deliberation based on autonomous agent facilitation for consensus building in complex society
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22K17948
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
SAHAB Sofia 京都大学, 情報学研究科, 特定助教 (00892928)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2022-04-01 – 2025-03-31
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| Keywords | AI agent policy / Conversational agent / Targeted facilitation / IBIS framework / Idea generation / Issue generation |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Building upon the developed element-specific facilitation policy based on the Issue-Based Information System (IBIS), several social and controlled experiments were conducted. The results of these experiments, submitted to national and international journals and conferences, compared different types of facilitation. For example, one experiment compared targeted facilitation, where the conversation agent prompted participants to generate issues related to the discussion theme, with general facilitation, showing that the former led to a higher number of objections raised during discussions. Another experiment compared the same type of targeted facilitation with no facilitation, revealing that the targeted facilitation approach promoted the generation of new ideas.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
The research has progressed smoothly, with all experiments completed and results analyzed. Efforts are currently focused on further analyzing the results to revise the facilitation policy and settings for potentially improved outcomes.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
The research project will proceed with further analysis of the results to refine the facilitation policy and settings. Efforts will be made to conduct additional experiments to test these refined approaches and assess their impact. New avenues for research within the framework of the Issue-Based Information System (IBIS) will be explored, with a focus on enhancing intergroup communication and understanding.
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| Causes of Carryover |
The remaining amount was initially designated for covering article processing charges (APCs) associated with a journal paper. However, due to a delay in invoice issuance, the APC charges had to be paid in the next fiscal year. Consequently, the remaining funds will be utilized as intended for the APC charges in the following fiscal year.
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| Remarks |
Our research was featured on Kyoto University's homepage.
https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/research-news/2024-04-04-1
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