Computational Narrative Intelligence: A Human-Centered Goal for Artificial Intelligence

TL;DR

This paper discusses the importance of computational narrative intelligence in AI, highlighting its applications, challenges, and role in teaching machines sociocultural values.

Contribution

It introduces the concept of computational narrative intelligence as a human-centered goal for AI and outlines key machine learning challenges involved.

Findings

Narrative intelligence enables AI to craft and understand stories.

Computational narrative can facilitate machine enculturation.

Addressing machine learning challenges is crucial for developing narrative intelligence.

Abstract

Narrative intelligence is the ability to craft, tell, understand, and respond affectively to stories. We argue that instilling artificial intelligences with computational narrative intelligence affords a number of applications beneficial to humans. We lay out some of the machine learning challenges necessary to solve to achieve computational narrative intelligence. Finally, we argue that computational narrative is a practical step towards machine enculturation, the teaching of sociocultural values to machines.