A United Nations research institute has created two AI-operated avatars designed to teach people about refugee issues.
Written about 404 media An experiment conducted by a class for policy research at United Nations University Center As a result, two AI agents or avatars – Amina, a fictional woman who fled from Sudan and living in a refugee camp in Chad, and Abdullah, with a fictional soldier Rapid support forceA paramilitary force in Sudan.
Users are going to be able to talk to Amina and Abdullah Use websiteHowever I received an error message when I tried to register on Saturday afternoon.
Eduardo Albrect, Professor and a senior partner at Columbia, told 404 media that he and his students were “just playing with the concept” and were not proposed as a solution to the United Nations.
a paper Summerizing this work, suggested that these avatars can eventually be used “to make donors a case”. However, it was also noted that many workshop attendees interacted with agents, who respond negatively, for example, saying that refugees are “very capable of speaking for themselves in real life.”
