3 papers
cs.HC2026
Gesturing Toward Abstraction: Multimodal Convention Formation in Collaborative Physical Tasks
Kiyosu Maeda, William P. McCarthy, Ching-Yi Tsai +5
A quintessential feature of human intelligence is the ability to create ad hoc conventions over time to achieve shared goals efficiently. We investigate how communication strategie…
cs.CL2025
Core Knowledge Deficits in Multi-Modal Language Models
Yijiang Li, Qingying Gao, Tianwei Zhao +8
While Multi-modal Large Language Models (MLLMs) demonstrate impressive abilities over high-level perception and reasoning, their robustness in the wild remains limited, often falli…
cs.CL2025
Minding the Politeness Gap in Cross-cultural Communication
Yuka Machino, Matthias Hofer, Max Siegel +2
Misunderstandings in cross-cultural communication often arise from subtle differences in interpretation, but it is unclear whether these differences arise from the literal meanings…