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Status: Unchecked Topic: Speech and dialogue systems Clear all

4 claims from 2 papers

  1. Computer Science › Speech and dialogue systems

    ELIZA—A Computer Program For the Study of Natural Language Communication Between Man and Machine

    Weizenbaum · Communications of the ACM · 1966

    The paper describes ELIZA, a program on MIT's MAC time-sharing system that enables certain kinds of natural language conversation between a person and a computer, and the technical problems it addresses.

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    1. UncheckedELIZA analyses typed sentences using decomposition rules, which are set off when particular key words appear in the input text.“Input sentences are analyzed on the basis of decomposition rules which are triggered by key words appearing in the input text.”
    2. UncheckedELIZA builds its replies by applying reassembly rules that are linked to the decomposition rules chosen for the user's input sentence.“Responses are generated by reassembly rules associated with selected decomposition rules.”

  2. Computer Science › Speech and dialogue systems

    LaMDA: Language Models for Dialog Applications

    Thoppilan, De Freitas, Hall et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2022

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    1. Unchecked“We quantify factuality using a groundedness metric, and we find that our approach enables the model to generate responses grounded in known sources, rather than responses that merely sound plausible.”
    2. Unchecked“We quantify safety using a metric based on an illustrative set of human values, and we find that filtering candidate responses using a LaMDA classifier fine-tuned with a small amount of crowdworker-annotated data offers a promising approach to improving mode…

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