Toward Reasonable Parrots: Why Large Language Models Should Argue with Us by Design

Fuente: arXiv
Enregistré dans:
Détails bibliographiques
Auteurs principaux: Musi, Elena, Kokciyan, Nadin, Al-Khatib, Khalid, Ceolin, Davide, Dietz, Emmanuelle, Gutekunst, Klara, Hautli-Janisz, Annette, Yañez, Cristian Manuel Santibañez, Schneider, Jodi, Scholz, Jonas, Steging, Cor, Visser, Jacky, Wachsmuth, Henning
Format: Preprint
Publié: 2025
Sujets:
Accès en ligne:
Tags: Ajouter un tag
Pas de tags, Soyez le premier à ajouter un tag!
_version_ 1866908787279921152
author Musi, Elena
Kokciyan, Nadin
Al-Khatib, Khalid
Ceolin, Davide
Dietz, Emmanuelle
Gutekunst, Klara
Hautli-Janisz, Annette
Yañez, Cristian Manuel Santibañez
Schneider, Jodi
Scholz, Jonas
Steging, Cor
Visser, Jacky
Wachsmuth, Henning
author_facet Musi, Elena
Kokciyan, Nadin
Al-Khatib, Khalid
Ceolin, Davide
Dietz, Emmanuelle
Gutekunst, Klara
Hautli-Janisz, Annette
Yañez, Cristian Manuel Santibañez
Schneider, Jodi
Scholz, Jonas
Steging, Cor
Visser, Jacky
Wachsmuth, Henning
contents In this position paper, we advocate for the development of conversational technology that is inherently designed to support and facilitate argumentative processes. We argue that, at present, large language models (LLMs) are inadequate for this purpose, and we propose an ideal technology design aimed at enhancing argumentative skills. This involves re-framing LLMs as tools to exercise our critical thinking skills rather than replacing them. We introduce the concept of \textit{reasonable parrots} that embody the fundamental principles of relevance, responsibility, and freedom, and that interact through argumentative dialogical moves. These principles and moves arise out of millennia of work in argumentation theory and should serve as the starting point for LLM-based technology that incorporates basic principles of argumentation.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2505_05298
institution arXiv
publishDate 2025
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Toward Reasonable Parrots: Why Large Language Models Should Argue with Us by Design
Musi, Elena
Kokciyan, Nadin
Al-Khatib, Khalid
Ceolin, Davide
Dietz, Emmanuelle
Gutekunst, Klara
Hautli-Janisz, Annette
Yañez, Cristian Manuel Santibañez
Schneider, Jodi
Scholz, Jonas
Steging, Cor
Visser, Jacky
Wachsmuth, Henning
Computation and Language
Multiagent Systems
In this position paper, we advocate for the development of conversational technology that is inherently designed to support and facilitate argumentative processes. We argue that, at present, large language models (LLMs) are inadequate for this purpose, and we propose an ideal technology design aimed at enhancing argumentative skills. This involves re-framing LLMs as tools to exercise our critical thinking skills rather than replacing them. We introduce the concept of \textit{reasonable parrots} that embody the fundamental principles of relevance, responsibility, and freedom, and that interact through argumentative dialogical moves. These principles and moves arise out of millennia of work in argumentation theory and should serve as the starting point for LLM-based technology that incorporates basic principles of argumentation.
title Toward Reasonable Parrots: Why Large Language Models Should Argue with Us by Design
topic Computation and Language
Multiagent Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.05298