Open AccessConceptual Design of a Socially Intelligent Agent with Triadic Empathy and Theory of Mind for Mental Health Support
Author(s) -
Azizi Ab Aziz,
Mohamad Farif Jemili
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of human centered technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2821-3467
DOI - 10.11113/humentech.v1n1.12
Subject(s) - empathy , psychology , theory of mind , mental health , simulation theory of empathy , intelligent agent , social psychology , cognitive psychology , computer science , psychotherapist , cognition , artificial intelligence , neuroscience
For socially intelligent agents to become a fully digital therapist to support individual with mental health problem in the future, they need to know how to socially interact with humans. One of the key ingredients to allow this skill to take place is an ability to exhibit empathic behaviours. Despite a number of socially intelligent agents were build with empathic behaviour, they only cover single empathy behaviour, contrary to more complex triadic empathic behaviours. In this article, the conceptual design and model to implement triadic empathy in socially intelligent agents is presented.