The theme for CUI 2023 is 'designing for inclusive conversation', but who are CUIs really designed for? The field has its roots in computer science, which has a long acknowledged diversity problem. Inspired by studies mapping out the diversity of the CHI and voice assistant literature, we set out to investigate how these issues have (or have not) shaped the CUI literature. To do this we reviewed the 46 full-length research papers that have been published at CUI since its inception in 2019. After detailing the eight papers that engage with accessibility, social interaction, and performance of gender, we show that 90% of papers published at CUI with user studies recruit participants from Europe and North America (or do not specify). To complement existing work in the community towards diversity we discuss the factors that have contributed to the current status quo, and offer some initial suggestions as to how we as a CUI community can continue to improve. We hope that this will form the beginning of a wider discussion at the conference.

翻译：2023年CUI会议的主题是"为包容性对话而设计"，但CUI究竟为谁而设计？该领域根植于计算机科学，而后者长期存在公认的多样性问题。受制于描绘CHI与语音助手文献多样性分布研究的启发，我们着手探究这些问题如何（或未能如何）塑造CUI文献。为此，我们回顾了2019年CUI创办以来发表的46篇完整研究论文。在详细分析其中涉及可及性、社交互动和性别表演的八篇论文后，我们表明：90%包含用户研究的CUI论文中，受试者均招募自欧洲和北美（或未明确说明地区）。为补充学界在多样性方面的既有工作，我们探讨了促成现状的因素，并就CUI学界如何持续改进提出初步建议。期待这能在会议期间引发更广泛的讨论。