Self-chats from large language models make small emotional support chatbot better

• Main Authors: ZHENG, Zhonghua, LIAO, Lizi, DENG, Yang, QIN, Libo, NIE, Liqiang
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: Databases and Information Systems; Programming Languages and Compilers
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/9239; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/10239/viewcontent/2024.acl_long.611.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown strong generalization abilities to excel in various tasks, including emotion support conversations. However, deploying such LLMs like GPT-3 (175B parameters) is resource-intensive and challenging at scale. In this study, we utilize LLMs as “Counseling Teacher”...