# Emora: An Inquisitive Social Chatbot Who Cares For You

**Authors:** Sarah E. Finch, James D. Finch, Ali Ahmadvand,  Ingyu,  Choi, Xiangjue Dong, Ruixiang Qi, Harshita Sahijwani, Sergey Volokhin, Zihan Wang, Zihao Wang, Jinho D. Choi  
**arXiv:** [2009.04617](https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.04617)  
**Date:** 2020-09-10  
**Summary page:** https://www.summarizepaper.com/fr/paper/2009.04617v1/

## Abstract

Inspired by studies on the overwhelming presence of experience-sharing in human-human conversations, Emora, the social chatbot developed by Emory University, aims to bring such experience-focused interaction to the current field of conversational AI. The traditional approach of information-sharing topic handlers is balanced with a focus on opinion-oriented exchanges that Emora delivers, and new conversational abilities are developed that support dialogues that consist of a collaborative understanding and learning process of the partner's life experiences. We present a curated dialogue system that leverages highly expressive natural language templates, powerful intent classification, and ontology resources to provide an engaging and interesting conversational experience to every user.