Alquist 5.0: Dialogue Trees Meet Generative Models. A Novel Approach for Enhancing SocialBot Conversations
This work addresses the challenge of creating more engaging and adaptable socialbots for users in conversational AI competitions, but it appears incremental as it builds upon previous versions.
The paper tackles the problem of enhancing socialbot conversations by integrating dialogue trees with generative models, resulting in improved conversational experiences and support for multimodal devices in the Alquist 5.0 system.
We present our SocialBot -- Alquist~5.0 -- developed for the Alexa Prize SocialBot Grand Challenge~5. Building upon previous versions of our system, we introduce the NRG Barista and outline several innovative approaches for integrating Barista into our SocialBot, improving the overall conversational experience. Additionally, we extend our SocialBot to support multimodal devices. This paper offers insights into the development of Alquist~5.0, which meets evolving user expectations while maintaining empathetic and knowledgeable conversational abilities across diverse topics.