explicit confirmation

Terms from Artificial Intelligence: humans at the heart of algorithms

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In human conversation, we sometimes offer explicit confirmation such as "yes", or "I agree", but more often implicit feedback via a slight nod of the head, or within the enxt utterance. Explicit confirmation is usually used where there is breakdown in the conversatn, say after a point of confusion, or where the issue is particualrly critical: "do you really want to send a million dollars to this account?"

Used on Chap. 19: page 477