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Expanding the Set of Pragmatic Considerations in Conversational AI
S. M. Seals, Valerie L. Shalin
Despite considerable performance improvements, current conversational AI systems often fail to meet user expectations. We discuss several pragmatic limitations of current conversat…
Evaluating the Deductive Competence of Large Language Models
Spencer M. Seals, Valerie L. Shalin
The development of highly fluent large language models (LLMs) has prompted increased interest in assessing their reasoning and problem-solving capabilities. We investigate whether…
Long-form analogies generated by chatGPT lack human-like psycholinguistic properties
S. M. Seals, Valerie L. Shalin
Psycholinguistic analyses provide a means of evaluating large language model (LLM) output and making systematic comparisons to human-generated text. These methods can be used to ch…
Discourse over Discourse: The Need for an Expanded Pragmatic Focus in Conversational AI
S. M. Seals, Valerie L. Shalin
The summarization of conversation, that is, discourse over discourse, elevates pragmatic considerations as a pervasive limitation of both summarization and other applications of co…
Predicting Early Indicators of Cognitive Decline from Verbal Utterances
Swati Padhee, Anurag Illendula, Megan Sadler +4
Dementia is a group of irreversible, chronic, and progressive neurodegenerative disorders resulting in impaired memory, communication, and thought processes. In recent years, clini…
Towards Geocoding Spatial Expressions
Hussein S. Al-Olimat, Valerie L. Shalin, Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan +1
Imprecise composite location references formed using ad hoc spatial expressions in English text makes the geocoding task challenging for both inference and evaluation. Typically su…