Reflections on Challenges and Promises of Mixed-Initiative Interaction

Conversational dialogue is an oft-cited example of mixed-initiative interaction, referring to the ability of each participant in a dialogue to take initiative to guide or add to a discussion. Endowing an automated dialogue system communicate, and coordinate with with the ability both to take initiative ("What In the course like to add a side trip.") However, of efforts to achieve goals while immersed mixed-initiative interaction extends beyond in shared context. We continue to engage spoken conversations to include a broad spectrum one another in efficient, tightly woven of collaborative problem solving marked collaborations, reasoning with remarkable efficiency by an interleaving of contributions by different about the beliefs, preferences, intentions, participants. Mastering mixed-initiative interaction poses The inferences underlying successful collaborations a constellation of fascinating challenges and typically stream in such an effortless opportunities for AI researchers.