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Large Language Models (LLMs) demonstrate strong conversational abilities. In this Working Paper, we study them in the context of debating in two ways: their ability to perform in a structured debate along with a dataset of arguments to use…

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Large Language Models (LLMs) created new opportunities for generating personas, expected to streamline and accelerate the human-centered design process. Yet, AI-generated personas may not accurately represent actual user experiences, as…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-08-06 Christopher Lazik , Christopher Katins , Charlotte Kauter , Jonas Jakob , Caroline Jay , Lars Grunske , Thomas Kosch

In recent years, Large Language Models (LLMs) gain considerable attention for their potential to enhance personalized experiences in virtual assistants and chatbots. A key area of interest is the integration of personas into LLMs to improve…

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Personality detection automatically identifies an individual's personality from various data sources, such as social media texts. However, as the parameter scale of language models continues to grow, the computational cost becomes…

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Aligning large language models (LLMs) typically aim to reflect general human values and behaviors, but they often fail to capture the unique characteristics and preferences of individual users. To address this gap, we introduce the concept…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Minjun Zhu , Yixuan Weng , Linyi Yang , Yue Zhang

Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly used as chatbots, yet their ability to personalize responses to user preferences remains limited. We introduce PrefEval, a benchmark for evaluating LLMs' ability to infer, memorize and adhere to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-14 Siyan Zhao , Mingyi Hong , Yang Liu , Devamanyu Hazarika , Kaixiang Lin

Large language models require consistent behavioral patterns for safe deployment, yet there are indications of large variability that may lead to an instable expression of personality traits in these models. We present PERSIST (PERsonality…

Large language model (LLM)-powered chatbots are increasingly used for opinion exploration. Prior research examined how LLMs alter user views, yet little work extended beyond one-way influence to address how user input can affect LLM…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-10-24 Yuyang Jiang , Longjie Guo , Yuchen Wu , Aylin Caliskan , Tanu Mitra , Hua Shen

The rapid development and deployment of Generative AI in social settings raise important questions about how to optimally personalize them for users while maintaining accuracy and realism. Based on a Facebook public post-comment dataset,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-10-03 Kristen M. Altenburger , Hongda Jiang , Robert E. Kraut , Yi-Chia Wang , Jane Dwivedi-Yu

The current research on Role-Playing Conversational Agents (RPCAs) with Large Language Models (LLMs) primarily focuses on imitating specific speaking styles and utilizing character backgrounds, neglecting the depiction of deeper personality…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-02-07 Tao Yang , Yuhua Zhu , Xiaojun Quan , Cong Liu , Qifan Wang

This study explores the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) to analyze text comments from Reddit users, aiming to achieve two primary objectives: firstly, to pinpoint critical excerpts that support a predefined psychological assessment of…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-02-07 Sergi Blanco-Cuaresma

What if large language models could not only infer human mindsets but also expose every blind spot in team dialogue such as discrepancies in the team members' joint understanding? We present a novel, two-step framework that leverages large…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Katharine Kowalyshyn , Matthias Scheutz

Machine learning techniques have conquered many different tasks in speech and natural language processing, such as speech recognition, information extraction, text and speech generation, and human machine interaction using natural language…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-03-18 Sebastian Möller , Pia Knoeferle , Britta Schulte , Nils Feldhus

This study introduces a taxonomy of stereotype content in contemporary large language models (LLMs). We prompt ChatGPT 3.5, Llama 3, and Mixtral 8x7B, three powerful and widely used LLMs, for the characteristics associated with 87 social…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-08-02 Gandalf Nicolas , Aylin Caliskan

Recently, large language models (LLMs), such as GPT-4, stand out remarkable conversational abilities, enabling them to engage in dynamic and contextually relevant dialogues across a wide range of topics. However, given a long conversation,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-08-26 Qingyue Wang , Yanhe Fu , Yanan Cao , Shuai Wang , Zhiliang Tian , Liang Ding

Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly deployed as active participants on public social media platforms, yet their behavior in these unconstrained social environments remains largely unstudied. Existing datasets, drawn primarily from…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2026-02-26 Matteo Migliarini , Berat Ercevik , Oluwagbemike Olowe , Saira Fatima , Sarah Zhao , Minh Anh Le , Vasu Sharma , Ashwinee Panda

Large language models (LLMs) have significantly advanced dialogue systems and role-playing agents through their ability to generate human-like text. While prior studies have shown that LLMs can exhibit distinct and consistent personalities,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Shu Yang , Shenzhe Zhu , Liang Liu , Lijie Hu , Mengdi Li , Di Wang

As large language models (LLMs) become increasingly integrated into online platforms and digital communication spaces, their potential to influence public discourse - particularly in contentious areas like climate change - requires…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-06-17 Wenlu Fan , Wentao Xu

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used to simulate human behavior in social settings such as legal mediation, negotiation, and dispute resolution. However, it remains unclear whether these simulations reproduce the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Deuksin Kwon , Kaleen Shrestha , Bin Han , Spencer Lin , James Hale , Jonathan Gratch , Maja Matarić , Gale M. Lucas

Chatbots have shown promise as tools to scale qualitative data collection. Recent advances in Large Language Models (LLMs) could accelerate this process by allowing researchers to easily deploy sophisticated interviewing chatbots. We test…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-12-05 Alejandro Cuevas , Jennifer V. Scurrell , Eva M. Brown , Jason Entenmann , Madeleine I. G. Daepp