Summary of Sheetagent: Towards a Generalist Agent For Spreadsheet Reasoning and Manipulation Via Large Language Models, by Yibin Chen et al.
SheetAgent: Towards A Generalist Agent for Spreadsheet Reasoning and Manipulation via Large Language Models
by Yibin Chen, Yifu Yuan, Zeyu Zhang, Yan Zheng, Jinyi Liu, Fei Ni, Jianye Hao, Hangyu Mao, Fuzheng Zhang
First submitted to arxiv on: 6 Mar 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper introduces SheetRM, a benchmark for evaluating automatic spreadsheet manipulation in complex and realistic tasks that require multi-step reasoning and ambiguous requirements. To address this challenge, the authors propose SheetAgent, an autonomous agent that utilizes large language models (LLMs) to achieve advanced reasoning and accurate manipulation of spreadsheets without human interaction. The agent consists of three modules: Planner, Informer, and Retriever, which work together to reason about tasks and reflect on their decisions. Experimental results show that SheetAgent achieves a 20-40% pass rate improvement over baselines on multiple benchmarks, demonstrating enhanced precision in spreadsheet manipulation and superior table reasoning abilities. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary SheetAgent is an AI system that can help with complex spreadsheets by using big language models to understand and manipulate data without human help. It’s like having a smart assistant for your spreadsheets! The system has three parts: Planner, Informer, and Retriever, which work together to figure out what needs to be done and make decisions. This helps the system get better at doing tasks that require thinking ahead and understanding unclear instructions. In tests, SheetAgent did much better than other systems on tricky spreadsheet problems, showing how it can improve your workflow. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Precision
