Saul Albert

Talk given by Saul Albert and Dirk vom Lehn, Gothenburg, Department of Philosophy, Linguistics, Theory of Science, 22nd September 2026 Abstract Every cultural practice has standards: shared, often unspoken norms that let members recognise when something h…

Lauren Hall, Elizabeth Peel & Saul Albert Download transcripts | Keywords: Agency, Virtual Assistants, Participation, Footing, Technology How should we understand participation and agency in talk involving voice interfaces?

Download Transcript | Keywords: Virtual Assistants; AI; Wake Words; Summons; Turn design ‘Wake words’ such as “Alexa”, “OK Google” and “Hey Siri” have become commonplaces within everyday talk, used to ‘summon’ virtual assistants on ‘smart’ speakers and ph…

Saul Albert, s.b.albert@lboro.ac.uk, Loughborough University Elliott Hoey, e.m.hoey@vu.nl, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Chase W.

In 2020 I did a talk entitled ‘Three meeting points between Conversation Analysis and AI’ – this is a one-slide updated lit review.

Annual Finnish Social Psychology Conference, Tampere, 8 May 2026 Abstract Public and scientific discourses about ‘AI’ treat ‘artificiality’ as an inherent property of machines, and ‘intelligence’ as an inherent property of persons.

The ‘intelligence’ of any participant in conversation is constantly in question.

Repairing the Common Ground between Conversation Analysis and Conversational Technologies Abstract Computational linguistics and dialogue systems research share many terms and concepts with conversation analysis, but there are some irreconcilable di5erenc…

Saul Albert∗, Hendrik Buschmeier, Katharina Cyra, Christiane Even, Magnus Hamann, Jakub Mlynář, Hannah Pelikan, Martin Porcheron, Stuart Reeves, Philippe Sormani & Sylvaine Tuncer† Citation: Albert, S., Buschmeier, H.

This paper contributes to research on the role of technology in ‘atypical’ interaction by examining a situation in which the technology takes on the stigma of atypicality.

Saul Albert, Magnus Hamann, Elizabeth Stokoe Abstract: Policymakers are increasingly interested in using virtual assistants to augment social care services in the context of a demographic ageing crisis.