Published on in Vol 20, No 6 (2018): June

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/10148, first published .
Towards an Artificially Empathic Conversational Agent for Mental Health Applications: System Design and User Perceptions

Towards an Artificially Empathic Conversational Agent for Mental Health Applications: System Design and User Perceptions

Towards an Artificially Empathic Conversational Agent for Mental Health Applications: System Design and User Perceptions

Towards an Artificially Empathic Conversational Agent for Mental Health Applications: System Design and User Percep… https://t.co/yU6v1iF1C3

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Towards an Artificially Empathic Conversational Agent for Mental Health Applications: System Design and User Percep… https://t.co/9iZfLpQgPl

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New paper just out in @jmirpub working with @RobertRMorris to work towards empathetic conversational agents https://t.co/btVu2nqSI3

2:40 PM · Jun 26, 2018

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New in JMIR: Towards an Artificially Empathic Conversational Agent for #MentalHealth Applications: System Design an… https://t.co/rC1gvoCs5c

2:55 PM · Jun 26, 2018

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RT @jmirpub: New in JMIR: Towards an Artificially Empathic Conversational Agent for #MentalHealth Applications: System Design and User Perc…

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RT @jmirpub: New in JMIR: Towards an Artificially Empathic Conversational Agent for #MentalHealth Applications: System Design and User Perc…

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Designing an empathic machine, built from millions of pieces of peer support data. New research in @jmirpub with… https://t.co/lgF15ZCYBF

3:37 PM · Jun 26, 2018

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RT @RobertRMorris: Designing an empathic machine, built from millions of pieces of peer support data. New research in @jmirpub with @steves…

3:41 PM · Jun 26, 2018

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RT @RobertRMorris: Designing an empathic machine, built from millions of pieces of peer support data. New research in @jmirpub with @steves…

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RT @RobertRMorris: Designing an empathic machine, built from millions of pieces of peer support data. New research in @jmirpub with @steves…

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RT @RobertRMorris: Designing an empathic machine, built from millions of pieces of peer support data. New research in @jmirpub with @steves…

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RT @RobertRMorris: Designing an empathic machine, built from millions of pieces of peer support data. New research in @jmirpub with @steves…

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RT @RobertRMorris: Designing an empathic machine, built from millions of pieces of peer support data. New research in @jmirpub with @steves…

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RT @RobertRMorris: Designing an empathic machine, built from millions of pieces of peer support data. New research in @jmirpub with @steves…

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Inching closer to empathic AI... exciting territory but ethical considerations abound ⁦@jmirpub#AI #DigitalHealth https://t.co/N2j5DoqxXE

3:31 AM · Jun 27, 2018

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8:21 AM · Jun 27, 2018

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RT @RobertRMorris: Designing an empathic machine, built from millions of pieces of peer support data. New research in @jmirpub with @steves…

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RT @yaelperry: Inching closer to empathic AI... exciting territory but ethical considerations abound ⁦@jmirpub#AI #DigitalHealth https:/…

10:44 AM · Jun 27, 2018

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RT @steveschueller: New paper just out in @jmirpub working with @RobertRMorris to work towards empathetic conversational agents https://t.c…

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RT @steveschueller: New paper just out in @jmirpub working with @RobertRMorris to work towards empathetic conversational agents https://t.c…

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RT @steveschueller: New paper just out in @jmirpub working with @RobertRMorris to work towards empathetic conversational agents https://t.c…

2:32 PM · Jun 27, 2018

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RT @steveschueller: New paper just out in @jmirpub working with @RobertRMorris to work towards empathetic conversational agents https://t.c…

3:00 AM · Jun 28, 2018

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RT @RobertRMorris: Designing an empathic machine, built from millions of pieces of peer support data. New research in @jmirpub with @steves…

3:14 PM · Jun 28, 2018

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Fascinating --though I worry that we already have too many "artificially empathic" agents around. Towards an Artif… https://t.co/WekmwHByvJ

2:39 PM · Jun 29, 2018

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RT @jorsmo: Fascinating --though I worry that we already have too many "artificially empathic" agents around. Towards an Artificially Empa…

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3:20 PM · Jun 29, 2018

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RT @RobertRMorris: Designing an empathic machine, built from millions of pieces of peer support data. New research in @jmirpub with @steves…

9:39 PM · Jun 29, 2018

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This "controlled study suggests that even in ideal conditions, nonhuman agents may struggle to express empathy as w… https://t.co/I9TVIQWBli

6:25 AM · Jul 02, 2018

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RT @amitba: This "controlled study suggests that even in ideal conditions, nonhuman agents may struggle to express empathy as well as human…

6:58 AM · Jul 02, 2018

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Empathic Conversational Agents for #MentalHealth Applications. Check out a new paper from one of our favorites… https://t.co/tTDLmggmFt

10:30 PM · Jul 04, 2018

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RT @cbitshealth: Empathic Conversational Agents for #MentalHealth Applications. Check out a new paper from one of our favorites @steveschue…

5:27 PM · Jul 05, 2018

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@mikeonhealth A very interesting topic, but I would also add that the authors seem woefully misinformed about treat… https://t.co/HAI4YQcdaQ

9:51 AM · Jul 17, 2018

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Can't believe I almost missed this; more great work from @RobertRMorris "Towards an Artificially Empathic Conversat… https://t.co/34oJfpIp3q

12:46 AM · Aug 19, 2018

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Using data from real people's empathic responses, computer-generated empathic responses were deemed acceptable ~80%… https://t.co/zehAnM6vLj

2:20 AM · Aug 19, 2018

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RT @alisonmdarcy: Can't believe I almost missed this; more great work from @RobertRMorris "Towards an Artificially Empathic Conversational…

1:48 PM · Aug 19, 2018

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a direction that follows from this is to ask whether an algorithm might be able to provide emotional support - for… https://t.co/bfBdjV9hUU

9:09 PM · Aug 28, 2018

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Towards an Artificially Empathic Conversational Agent for Mental Health Applications: System Design and User Percep… https://t.co/EaEVyFDcKI

8:38 AM · Sep 28, 2018

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Towards an Artificially Empathic Conversational Agent for Mental Health Applications: System Design and User Percep… https://t.co/TsUL90MHCk

12:08 PM · Nov 29, 2018

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Late discovery of a great paper by @RobertRMorris et al., who designed an emphatic bot that created emphatic respon… https://t.co/GoKnKZwySj

5:23 AM · Apr 04, 2019

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@informor Very interesting, and I love the idea of a ‘replicant effect!’ We explored something similar in the domai… https://t.co/85dP71H8OT

2:23 AM · May 01, 2019

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RT @RobertRMorris: @informor Very interesting, and I love the idea of a ‘replicant effect!’ We explored something similar in the domain of…

12:20 AM · May 30, 2019

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RT @alisonmdarcy: Can't believe I almost missed this; more great work from @RobertRMorris "Towards an Artificially Empathic Conversational…

1:14 AM · Oct 09, 2019

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@royperlis Thanks for engaging Roy. FWIW, our previous paper, along these lines, was exempt (after IRB). Very hard… https://t.co/Haxu2bXA6g

7:24 PM · Jan 07, 2023

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Past exemptions don't determine future exemptions. To "engage", our field has a history of abuse, and not being ver… https://t.co/8197RKUXi3

7:54 PM · Jan 07, 2023

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RT @k8_mcc: Past exemptions don't determine future exemptions. To "engage", our field has a history of abuse, and not being very careful wi…

8:12 PM · Jan 07, 2023

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Direct Messages were pushed on @Tumblr users, so it’s irrelevant. https://t.co/aowK3KjKBB

8:13 PM · Jan 07, 2023

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RT @k8_mcc: Past exemptions don't determine future exemptions. To "engage", our field has a history of abuse, and not being very careful wi…

9:39 PM · Jan 07, 2023

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In this pervious paper you explain, carefully and for the record, exactly how the experiment was conducted. In this… https://t.co/F9zJnbVSX7

10:28 PM · Jan 07, 2023

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@RobertRMorris Here's stuff from what he did a few years ago, via the Koko origin story page (… https://t.co/LxvXuN67Ds

4:13 PM · Jan 08, 2023

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Oh, but he figured it would be exempt from disclosure requirements because his prior research was exempt! Because t… https://t.co/6tbLn6kFjL

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Rob helpfully links to his previous paper, the one that was found to be exempt from disclosure requirements, so I w… https://t.co/g863qLmzs6

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RT @KathrynTewson: Oh, but he figured it would be exempt from disclosure requirements because his prior research was exempt! Because that’s…

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The defensive claim that users had to, "opt-in," is fundamentally at odds with the experimental finding that the us… https://t.co/XxMu1ryXp9

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RT @KathrynTewson: Oh, but he figured it would be exempt from disclosure requirements because his prior research was exempt! Because that’s…

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RT @KathrynTewson: Rob helpfully links to his previous paper, the one that was found to be exempt from disclosure requirements, so I went a…

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RT @KathrynTewson: Oh, but he figured it would be exempt from disclosure requirements because his prior research was exempt! Because that’s…

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RT @KathrynTewson: Rob helpfully links to his previous paper, the one that was found to be exempt from disclosure requirements, so I went a…

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I decided to look up the study to gather more details. I was able to find it at https://t.co/5sNNHDq1ky I’m fair… https://t.co/Yehf44KQWD

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RT @KathrynTewson: Oh, but he figured it would be exempt from disclosure requirements because his prior research was exempt! Because that’s…

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RT @KathrynTewson: Rob helpfully links to his previous paper, the one that was found to be exempt from disclosure requirements, so I went a…

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RT @KathrynTewson: Oh, but he figured it would be exempt from disclosure requirements because his prior research was exempt! Because that’s…

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@RobertRMorris @royperlis Can you explain why you published a study under your name that basically matches exactly… https://t.co/l1Q0F13esR

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RT @KathrynTewson: Oh, but he figured it would be exempt from disclosure requirements because his prior research was exempt! Because that’s…

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RT @KathrynTewson: Rob helpfully links to his previous paper, the one that was found to be exempt from disclosure requirements, so I went a…

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RT @KathrynTewson: Rob helpfully links to his previous paper, the one that was found to be exempt from disclosure requirements, so I went a…

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RT @KathrynTewson: Oh, but he figured it would be exempt from disclosure requirements because his prior research was exempt! Because that’s…

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RT @KathrynTewson: Oh, but he figured it would be exempt from disclosure requirements because his prior research was exempt! Because that’s…

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RT @KathrynTewson: Rob helpfully links to his previous paper, the one that was found to be exempt from disclosure requirements, so I went a…

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@KathrynTewson This seems to be the study in question. Completely ethical, just badly described on Twitter. A *te… https://t.co/JeNwsGFk52

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@meerkatsnchalk That’s not the study he’s talking about. That’s his *previous* study, with a different protocol. He… https://t.co/2xqVfsuNUu

7:33 AM · Jan 09, 2023

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@jan6ephemera Here’s where I linked it and went over the differences, hours ago. https://t.co/fAf6j7N2XG

7:34 AM · Jan 09, 2023

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RT @myraccoonhands: @RobertRMorris @royperlis Can you explain why you published a study under your name that basically matches exactly what…

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RT @myraccoonhands: I decided to look up the study to gather more details. I was able to find it at https://t.co/5sNNHDq1ky I’m fairly c…

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@NIAbbot You think AI will never be believably “human” (i.e. appear convincingly funny/insightful/creative)? You’re… https://t.co/o045x5zClk

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RT @myraccoonhands: I decided to look up the study to gather more details. I was able to find it at https://t.co/5sNNHDq1ky I’m fairly c…

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RT @myraccoonhands: I decided to look up the study to gather more details. I was able to find it at https://t.co/5sNNHDq1ky I’m fairly c…

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This person should never be allowed to conduct research involving human beings ever again and any active federal re… https://t.co/ftByZLqBCA

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RT @KathrynTewson: Oh, but he figured it would be exempt from disclosure requirements because his prior research was exempt! Because that’s…

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