17 papers
The Hidden Cost of Contextual Sycophancy: an AI Literacy Intervention in Human-AI Collaboration
Cansu Koyuturk, Sabrina Guidotti, Dimitri Ognibene
Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly used in educational settings as interactive tools for collaboration. However, their tendency toward sycophancy, aligning with user bel…
PerspAct: Enhancing LLM Situated Collaboration Skills through Perspective Taking and Active Vision
Sabrina Patania, Luca Annese, Anita Pellegrini +8
Recent advances in Large Language Models (LLMs) and multimodal foundation models have significantly broadened their application in robotics and collaborative systems. However, effe…
Growing Perspectives: Modelling Embodied Perspective Taking and Inner Narrative Development Using Large Language Models
Sabrina Patania, Luca Annese, Anna Lambiase +6
Language and embodied perspective taking are essential for human collaboration, yet few computational models address both simultaneously. This work investigates the PerspAct system…
Who Sees What? Structured Thought-Action Sequences for Epistemic Reasoning in LLMs
Luca Annese, Sabrina Patania, Silvia Serino +4
Recent advances in large language models (LLMs) and reasoning frameworks have opened new possibilities for improving the perspective -taking capabilities of autonomous agents. Howe…
AI Pedagogy: Dialogic Social Learning for Artificial Agents
Sabrina Patania, Luca Annese, Cansu Koyuturk +2
Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable capabilities in processing extensive offline datasets. However, they often face challenges in acquiring and integrating co…
Understanding Learner-LLM Chatbot Interactions and the Impact of Prompting Guidelines
Cansu Koyuturk, Emily Theophilou, Sabrina Patania +13
Large Language Models (LLMs) have transformed human-computer interaction by enabling natural language-based communication with AI-powered chatbots. These models are designed to be…