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E-Friend: A Logical-Based AI Agent System Chat-Bot for Emotional Well-Being and Mental Health

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Deceptive AI (DeceptECAI 2020, DeceptAI 2021)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 1296))

Abstract

In this work, it is proposed the design of a Reasoning Logical Based Intelligent Agent System Chat-bot for Dialogue Composition (DC) named E-friend, which uses Logic Programming (LP) for reasoning tasks. The main contribution is the use of Knowledge Representation Reasoning with LP theories modelling the knowledge of the user agent (beliefs, intentions, and expectations) to reason, plan and to optimally solve the DC problem. Another contribution is the design of a system component that extends the theory of mind, for the user model, with emotions to detect if the user decepts to the system or to itself. This component has the aim to alert and inform the facilitator when E-friend detects possible deceit signals from the student. E-friend was designed to help first year university students to manage stress/anxiety to optimal well-being development and attempt the prevention of depression and addictions leading. Students can interact through a chat-bot (text-based questions and answers) to help the system learns from the user, at the same time the user learns from itself improving mental health well-being.

L. A. M. Moreno and D. Rojas-Velázquez—Independent Researcher.

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Notes

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    We do not consider this issue in this paper.

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    A functionality learned from Woebot chat-bot presented in the work of Fitzpatrick Kathleen et al. referred in [16].

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    We thank the support of Psychologist Andres Munguia Barcenas.

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    TheE-friendapplicationisavailableinhttps://github.com/luis-angel-montiel-moreno/efriend.

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  1. Universidad de las Américas Puebla, Ex Hacienda Sta. Catarina Mártir S/N. San Andrés Cholula, 72810, Puebla, Mexico

    Mauricio J. Osorio Galindo

  2. San Andrés Cholula, Mexico

    Luis A. Montiel Moreno & David Rojas-Velázquez

  3. Department of Computing Science, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

    Juan Carlos Nieves

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Galindo, M.J.O., Moreno, L.A.M., Rojas-Velázquez, D., Nieves, J.C. (2021). E-Friend: A Logical-Based AI Agent System Chat-Bot for Emotional Well-Being and Mental Health. In: Sarkadi, S., Wright, B., Masters, P., McBurney, P. (eds) Deceptive AI. DeceptECAI DeceptAI 2020 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1296. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91779-1_7

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