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title = "Toward Reasonable Parrots: Why Large Language Models Should Argue with Us by Design",
author = {Musi, Elena and
K{\"o}kciyan, Nadin and
Khatib, Khalid Al and
Ceolin, Davide and
Dietz, Emmanuelle and
Gutekunst, Klara Maximiliane and
Hautli-Janisz, Annette and
Santib{\'a}{\~n}ez, Cristi{\'a}n and
Schneider, Jodi and
Scholz, Jonas and
Steging, Cor and
Visser, Jacky and
Wachsmuth, Henning},
editor = "Chistova, Elena and
Cimiano, Philipp and
Haddadan, Shohreh and
Lapesa, Gabriella and
Ruiz-Dolz, Ramon",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 12th Argument mining Workshop",
month = jul,
year = "2025",
address = "Vienna, Austria",
publisher = "Association for Computational Linguistics",
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doi = "10.18653/v1/2025.argmining-1.3",
pages = "24--31",
ISBN = "979-8-89176-258-9",
abstract = "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 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."
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%0 Conference Proceedings
%T Toward Reasonable Parrots: Why Large Language Models Should Argue with Us by Design
%A Musi, Elena
%A Kökciyan, Nadin
%A Khatib, Khalid Al
%A Ceolin, Davide
%A Dietz, Emmanuelle
%A Gutekunst, Klara Maximiliane
%A Hautli-Janisz, Annette
%A Santibáñez, Cristián
%A Schneider, Jodi
%A Scholz, Jonas
%A Steging, Cor
%A Visser, Jacky
%A Wachsmuth, Henning
%Y Chistova, Elena
%Y Cimiano, Philipp
%Y Haddadan, Shohreh
%Y Lapesa, Gabriella
%Y Ruiz-Dolz, Ramon
%S Proceedings of the 12th Argument mining Workshop
%D 2025
%8 July
%I Association for Computational Linguistics
%C Vienna, Austria
%@ 979-8-89176-258-9
%F musi-etal-2025-toward
%X 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 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.
%R 10.18653/v1/2025.argmining-1.3
%U https://aclanthology.org/2025.argmining-1.3/
%U https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/2025.argmining-1.3
%P 24-31
Markdown (Informal)
[Toward Reasonable Parrots: Why Large Language Models Should Argue with Us by Design](https://aclanthology.org/2025.argmining-1.3/) (Musi et al., ArgMining 2025)
ACL
- Elena Musi, Nadin Kökciyan, Khalid Al Khatib, Davide Ceolin, Emmanuelle Dietz, Klara Maximiliane Gutekunst, Annette Hautli-Janisz, Cristián Santibáñez, Jodi Schneider, Jonas Scholz, Cor Steging, Jacky Visser, and Henning Wachsmuth. 2025. Toward Reasonable Parrots: Why Large Language Models Should Argue with Us by Design. In Proceedings of the 12th Argument mining Workshop, pages 24–31, Vienna, Austria. Association for Computational Linguistics.