How Does Conversation Length Impact User's Satisfaction? A Case Study of Length-Controlled Conversations with LLM-Powered Chatbots

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Hauptverfasser: Huang, Shih-Hong, Lin, Ya-Fang, He, Zeyu, Huang, Chieh-Yang, Huang, Ting-Hao 'Kenneth'
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author Huang, Shih-Hong
Lin, Ya-Fang
He, Zeyu
Huang, Chieh-Yang
Huang, Ting-Hao 'Kenneth'
author_facet Huang, Shih-Hong
Lin, Ya-Fang
He, Zeyu
Huang, Chieh-Yang
Huang, Ting-Hao 'Kenneth'
contents Users can discuss a wide range of topics with large language models (LLMs), but they do not always prefer solving problems or getting information through lengthy conversations. This raises an intriguing HCI question: How does instructing LLMs to engage in longer or shorter conversations affect conversation quality? In this paper, we developed two Slack chatbots using GPT-4 with the ability to vary conversation lengths and conducted a user study. Participants asked the chatbots both highly and less conversable questions, engaging in dialogues with 0, 3, 5, and 7 conversational turns. We found that the conversation quality does not differ drastically across different conditions, while participants had mixed reactions. Our study demonstrates LLMs' ability to change conversation length and the potential benefits for users resulting from such changes, but we caution that changes in text form may not necessarily imply changes in quality or content.
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spellingShingle How Does Conversation Length Impact User's Satisfaction? A Case Study of Length-Controlled Conversations with LLM-Powered Chatbots
Huang, Shih-Hong
Lin, Ya-Fang
He, Zeyu
Huang, Chieh-Yang
Huang, Ting-Hao 'Kenneth'
Human-Computer Interaction
Users can discuss a wide range of topics with large language models (LLMs), but they do not always prefer solving problems or getting information through lengthy conversations. This raises an intriguing HCI question: How does instructing LLMs to engage in longer or shorter conversations affect conversation quality? In this paper, we developed two Slack chatbots using GPT-4 with the ability to vary conversation lengths and conducted a user study. Participants asked the chatbots both highly and less conversable questions, engaging in dialogues with 0, 3, 5, and 7 conversational turns. We found that the conversation quality does not differ drastically across different conditions, while participants had mixed reactions. Our study demonstrates LLMs' ability to change conversation length and the potential benefits for users resulting from such changes, but we caution that changes in text form may not necessarily imply changes in quality or content.
title How Does Conversation Length Impact User's Satisfaction? A Case Study of Length-Controlled Conversations with LLM-Powered Chatbots
topic Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.17025