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Athena 2.0: Contextualized Dialogue Management for an Alexa Prize SocialBot

arXiv 2111.02519 ↗First posted 3 Nov 2021cs.CLcited by 4

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Abstract (arXiv)

Athena 2.0 is an Alexa Prize SocialBot that has been a finalist in the last two Alexa Prize Grand Challenges. One reason for Athena's success is its novel dialogue management strategy, which allows it to dynamically construct dialogues and responses from component modules, leading to novel conversations with every interaction. Here we describe Athena's system design and performance in the Alexa Prize during the 20/21 competition. A live demo of Athena as well as video recordings will provoke discussion on the state of the art in conversational AI.

Key facts. Cited by 4 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Builds on 21 of its 38 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 3 Nov 2021.

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