@inproceedings{musi-etal-2025-toward,
    title = "Toward Reasonable Parrots: Why Large Language Models Should Argue with Us by Design",
    author = {Musi, Elena  and
      K{\"o}kciyan, Nadin  and
      Khatib, Khalid Al  and
      Ceolin, Davide  and
      Dietz, Emmanuelle  and
      Gutekunst, Klara Maximiliane  and
      Hautli-Janisz, Annette  and
      Santib{\'a}{\~n}ez, Cristi{\'a}n  and
      Schneider, Jodi  and
      Scholz, Jonas  and
      Steging, Cor  and
      Visser, Jacky  and
      Wachsmuth, Henning},
    editor = "Chistova, Elena  and
      Cimiano, Philipp  and
      Haddadan, Shohreh  and
      Lapesa, Gabriella  and
      Ruiz-Dolz, Ramon",
    booktitle = "Proceedings of the 12th Argument mining Workshop",
    month = jul,
    year = "2025",
    address = "Vienna, Austria",
    publisher = "Association for Computational Linguistics",
    url = "https://preview.aclanthology.org/landing_page/2025.argmining-1.3/",
    pages = "24--31",
    ISBN = "979-8-89176-258-9",
    abstract = "In this position paper, we advocate for the development of conversational technology that is inherently designed to support and facilitate argumentative processes. We argue that, at present, large language models (LLMs) are inadequate for this purpose, and we propose an ideal technology design aimed at enhancing argumentative skills. This involves re-framing LLMs as tools to exercise our critical thinking skills rather than replacing them. We introduce the concept of reasonable parrots that embody the fundamental principles of relevance, responsibility, and freedom, and that interact through argumentative dialogical moves. These principles and moves arise out of millennia of work in argumentation theory and should serve as the starting point for LLM-based technology that incorporates basic principles of argumentation."
}