Summary of Beyond Prompts: Dynamic Conversational Benchmarking Of Large Language Models, by David Castillo-bolado et al.
Beyond Prompts: Dynamic Conversational Benchmarking of Large Language Models
by David Castillo-Bolado, Joseph Davidson, Finlay Gray, Marek Rosa
First submitted to arxiv on: 30 Sep 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This dynamic benchmarking system evaluates conversational agents’ performance through a simulated, lengthy user-agent interaction. The scenario involves multiple tasks introduced and undertaken concurrently, with regular context switching to create a realistic testing environment. The system assesses the Long-Term Memory, Continual Learning, and Information Integration capabilities of the agents. Results show that Large-Language Models (LLMs) generally perform well on single-task interactions but struggle when tasks are interleaved. Surprisingly, short-context LLMs supplemented with an LTM system outperform those with larger contexts. The benchmark highlights challenges for LLMs in responding to natural interactions that contemporary benchmarks have not captured. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper creates a new way to test chatbots and AI agents. It simulates conversations between people and the agents, mixing different tasks together to see how well they work. This is important because most tests only look at one task at a time. The results show that these AI models are good at doing one thing, but struggle when asked to do multiple things at once. Interestingly, smaller AI models with a “memory” system perform just as well as larger ones. This new test helps us understand the limitations of current chatbots and how we can make them better. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Continual learning
