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Neuro-symbolic system NARS detects persuasiveness in online discussions

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Researchers have developed a novel neuro-symbolic system called NARS to detect persuasiveness in online discussions, specifically within the ChangeMyView subreddit. This system combines a neural component for extracting bipolar argument structures with a symbolic component that applies gradual argumentation semantics to model influence propagation. NARS achieved an F1 score of 0.57 and an AUC of 0.56 on the CMV2BAS dataset, outperforming baseline LLMs like Qwen3.6-27B and GPT-OSS 20B. The study also identified support-dominant discussions and long argumentative chains as areas where persuasion analysis struggles. AI

IMPACT This research offers a new method for analyzing online discourse and understanding persuasion dynamics, potentially impacting social science research and AI's role in analyzing human communication.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains an academic paper detailing a new approach to argumentation reasoning and persuasiveness detection. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Siddharth Bhargava, Sara Tonelli, Patricia Mart\'in-Rodilla ·

    Have You Been Convinced? A Neuro-symbolic Argumentation Reasoning Approach to Detecting Persuasiveness in ChangeMyView Discussions

    arXiv:2610.15091v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Argument structures represent how individual arguments interact within a discourse. However, leveraging these structures to infer meaningful knowledge remains challenging, as it requires a formal representation of how argumentativ…

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