Papers by Tangming Yuan
The Thin Line Between Comprehension and Persuasion in LLMs (2026.findings-acl)
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| Challenge: | Large language models are excellent at maintaining high-level, convincing dialogue . but it remains unclear whether their persuasive success reflects genuine understanding of the discourse . |
| Approach: | They examine whether LLMs' persuasive success reflects genuine understanding of the discourse . they find that LLM's effectively maintain coherent, persuasive debates . |
| Outcome: | The findings show that large language models can sway beliefs of participants and audiences. |