Conference proceedings article

LET EMPLOYEES TRAIN THEIR OWN CHATBOTS: DESIGN OF GENERATIVE AI-ENABLED DELEGATION SYSTEMS



Publication Details
Authors:
Reinhard, P.; Li, M.; Peters, C.; Leimeister, J.
Editor:
TBD
Place:
Paphos, Cyprus

Publishing status:
Accepted for publication
Book title:
LET EMPLOYEES TRAIN THEIR OWN CHATBOTS: DESIGN OF GENERATIVE AI-ENABLED DELEGATION SYSTEMS
Languages:
English


Abstract

While chatbots can be implemented with very little effort, scaling and maintaining chatbots remains a challenge. This is crucial in knowledge-intensive customer service like IT support, where domain knowledge must stay current with the evolving IT landscape. Following design science research, we derive design principles for a generative AI (GPT4) enabled textual training data creation and curation system (T²C²) as part of a new class of systems – bot delegation systems. For the design of T²C², chatbot and domain expert viewpoints are integrated. We evaluate two instances of T²C², each with distinct degrees of human-ai delegation where employees act both as creators and curators of training data. The paper’s theoretical contribution is two-fold: (1) we present a novel kernel theory that represents the material characteristics of bot delegation systems by contextualizing the IS delegation framework to the self-determination theory; (2) the design and evaluation of T²C² as the built-and-evaluated artifact.



Keywords
Chatbot, customer service, generative AI, IS delegation, self-determination theory


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