Infusing Humor in Unexpected Events
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چکیده
In this paper, we focus on humor facilitators, a type of humorous agents meant to act as mediators between unexpected events occurring in smart environments and the human agents. More specifically, we present a case study in which fictional ideation and narrative dramatization are combined to achieve humor facilitation. We implemented a test bed for the simulation of an interactive environment. Then, we carried out an empirical evaluation with human subjects, aimed to assess the contribution of narrative comments to the humorous effect. The results show first evidence that fictional comments, delivered as dialogue acts, increase the humor response in a statistically significant way.
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