Enhancing Trust in Autonomous Vehicles through Intelligent User Interfaces That Mimic Human Behavior

Autonomous vehicles use sensors and artificial intelligence to drive themselves. Surveys indicate that people are fascinated by the idea of autonomous driving, but are hesitant to relinquish control of the vehicle. Lack of trust seems to be the core reason for these concerns. In order to address thi...

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Published in:Multimodal technologies and interaction 2018-12, Vol.2 (4), p.62
Main Authors: Ruijten, Peter, Terken, Jacques, Chandramouli, Sanjeev
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropomorphism
Artificial intelligence
Automation
Automobiles
autonomous vehices
Autonomous vehicles
Behavior
conversational user interface
Graphical user interface
gricean maxims
Human behavior
Human error
Intelligence
Intelligent agents
Roads & highways
Robots
Trust
Vehicles
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Summary:Autonomous vehicles use sensors and artificial intelligence to drive themselves. Surveys indicate that people are fascinated by the idea of autonomous driving, but are hesitant to relinquish control of the vehicle. Lack of trust seems to be the core reason for these concerns. In order to address this, an intelligent agent approach was implemented, as it has been argued that human traits increase trust in interfaces. Where other approaches mainly use anthropomorphism to shape appearances, the current approach uses anthropomorphism to shape the interaction, applying Gricean maxims (i.e., guidelines for effective conversation). The contribution of this approach was tested in a simulator that employed both a graphical and a conversational user interface, which were rated on likability, perceived intelligence, trust, and anthropomorphism. Results show that the conversational interface was trusted, liked, and anthropomorphized more, and was perceived as more intelligent, than the graphical user interface. Additionally, an interface that was portrayed as more confident in making decisions scored higher on all four constructs than one that was portrayed as having low confidence. These results together indicate that equipping autonomous vehicles with interfaces that mimic human behavior may help increasing people’s trust in, and, consequently, their acceptance of them.
ISSN:2414-4088
2414-4088
DOI:10.3390/mti2040062