Dialogue is the Plan: From Interface to Joint Action in Agentic AI (2026.acl-short)
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| Challenge: | Large Language Model agents' language use is often used as an interface for instructing and reporting results. |
| Approach: | They argue that large language models are often used as an interface for instructingactions and reporting results. |
| Outcome: | We show that large-scale language models can be used to plan and act, yet their language is often used as an interface for instructing and reporting results. |
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