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CHRISTOPH BARTNECK, PH.D.

University of Canterbury, New Zealand

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DETECTING THE CORRUPTION OF ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRES BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Our recent paper on detecting the corruption of online questionnaires by
artificial intelligence was recently published in the Frontiers In Robotics and
AI Journal. We created a short explainer video about our project:



Here is the abstract of the paper:

Online questionnaires that use crowd-sourcing platforms to recruit participants
have become commonplace, due to their ease of use and low costs. Artificial
Intelligence (AI) based Large Language Models (LLM) have made it easy for bad
actors to automatically fill in online forms, including generating meaningful
text for open-ended tasks. These technological advances threaten the data
quality for studies that use online questionnaires. This study tested if text
generated by an AI for the purpose of an online study can be detected by both
humans and automatic AI detection systems. While humans were able to correctly
identify authorship of text above chance level (76 percent accuracy), their
performance was still below what would be required to ensure satisfactory data
quality. Researchers currently have to rely on the disinterest of bad actors to
successfully use open-ended responses as a useful tool for ensuring data
quality. Automatic AI detection systems are currently completely unusable. If
AIs become too prevalent in submitting responses then the costs associated with
detecting fraudulent submissions will outweigh the benefits of online
questionnaires. Individual attention checks will no longer be a sufficient tool
to ensure good data quality. This problem can only be systematically addressed
by crowd-sourcing platforms. They cannot rely on automatic AI detection systems
and it is unclear how they can ensure data quality for their paying clients.

Author Christoph BartneckPosted on February 9, 2024February 9, 2024Categories
ResearchTags ai, captcha, corruption, detection, large language models, llmLeave
a comment on Detecting The Corruption Of Online Questionnaires By Artificial
Intelligence


SOCIAL ROBOTS – THE END OF THE BEGINNING OR THE BEGINNING OF THE END?

I gave a short talk at the Furhat Robotics Conference. I talk about the
questions which robots and their related companies, will survive.



Author Christoph BartneckPosted on January 26, 2024January 26, 2024Categories
ResearchTags bankrucy, furhat, HRI, market, robotsLeave a comment on Social
Robots – The end of the beginning or the beginning of the end?


PEER REVIEW REVIEW

In October 2023 I had the privilege to talk at the Nerd Night in Christchurch.
This event series operates at the intersection of comedy, popular culture and
science. I talked about my adventures in exploring the peer review process. Some
of them to the annoyance of my fellow scientists, conference organizers and
predatory publishers. But always with a nod to comic effect and a focus on the
overcompetitive beast we call academia.



I also published this event on the HRI Podcast.

Author Christoph BartneckPosted on January 24, 2024Categories CultureTags
comedy, HRI, nerd night, peer review, presentationLeave a comment on Peer Review
Review


JIBO IS DEAD (AGAIN)

In 2020 I recorded a podcast episode entitled “Why do all social robots fail in
the market?“. I interviewed Tomas Concha from NTT Disruption, the company that
had bought the commercially unsuccessful robot Jibo. I already had my doubts
about NTT Disruption in 2020. In 2023 NTT Disruption was disrupted. Meaning that
it closed down and with it Jibo. This does seem to be the end for this little
useless robot.

But don’t worry! Other companies continue to build largely useless robots that
are not much more than smartphones on wheels. Have a look at Samsung’s Ballie
robot.



The idea of a smart home robot is not new. Amazon developed their Astro robot,
but did not sell it to the general public. LG is also presenting a robot at
CES2024 with roughly the same features.



I wonder if Samsung or LG will sell their robots to consumers. Or is this just
another robot PR gag?

Author Christoph BartneckPosted on January 10, 2024January 10, 2024Categories
DocumentationTags ballie, disruption, jibo, ntt, robot1 Comment on Jibo is dead
(again)


POSTERS OF FAMOUS COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

There are many important computer scientists and innovators. I created a small
and very personal list and created posters to honour their contributions.

 * Ada Lovelace – First programmer
 * Alan Turing – Founder of artificial intelligence
 * Claude Shannon – Father of information theory
 * Leslie Lamport – Creator of LaTeX
 * Steve Jobs – Co-founder of Apple Computers
 * Tim Berners-Lee – Inventor of the World Wide Web

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