Dr Mark Snaith m.snaith@rgu.ac.uk
Lecturer
Formal dialogue and large language models.
Snaith, Mark; Wells, Simon
Authors
Simon Wells
Contributors
Dr Kyle Martin k.martin3@rgu.ac.uk
Editor
PEDRAM SALIMI p.salimi@rgu.ac.uk
Editor
Mr Vihanga Wijayasekara v.wijayasekara@rgu.ac.uk
Editor
Abstract
In this paper, we present preliminary work into combining formal models of dialogue and large language models, before going on to discuss how this provides a foundation for similar approaches involving computational models of argument. First, we address the twin issues of how a formal dialogue game can usefully regulate dialogical utterances generated by an LLM during an extended, goal-oriented conversation, and conversely, how LLMs can close the human-level language generation gap associated with formal dialogue games. We then proceed to identify how our solution to these issues can underpin future work towards using computational argumentation to provide reasoning-like capabilities to LLMs, and using LLMs for tasks such as searching and summarisation of analysed argument data.
Citation
SNAITH, M. and WELLS, S. 2024. Formal dialogue and large language models. In Martin, K., Salimi, P. and Wijayasekara, V. (eds.) 2024. SICSA REALLM workshop 2024: proceedings of the SICSA (Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance) REALLM (Reasoning, explanation and applications of large language models) workshop (SICSA REALLM workshop 2024), 17 October 2024, Aberdeen, UK. CEUR workshop proceedings, 3822. Aachen: CEUR-WS [online], pages 24-31. Available from: https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3822/short3.pdf
| Presentation Conference Type | Conference Paper (published) |
|---|---|
| Conference Name | 2024 SICSA (Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance) REALLM (Reasoning, explanation and applications of large language models) workshop (SICSA REALLM workshop 2024) |
| Start Date | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Acceptance Date | Oct 1, 2024 |
| Online Publication Date | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Publication Date | Nov 4, 2024 |
| Deposit Date | Dec 5, 2024 |
| Publicly Available Date | Dec 5, 2024 |
| Publisher | CEUR-WS |
| Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
| Pages | 24-31 |
| Series Title | CEUR workshop proceedings |
| Series Number | 3822 |
| Series ISSN | 1613-0073 |
| Keywords | Formal dialogue; Argumentation |
| Public URL | https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2613516 |
| Publisher URL | https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3822/ |
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