Some challenges for multimodal intercultural artificial communicators
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This paper discusses some of the challenges in constructing multimodal intercultural artificial communicators. Such challenges concern the notions of intercultural communication and culture, e.g. what aspects of culture are investigated and what methods are used. The paper also presents two example of types of investigation that are needed and concludes with a short discussion of some consequences to be considered in constructing intercultural multimodal communicative agents.
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