2 research outputs found
Natural Language Commanding via Program Synthesis
We present Semantic Interpreter, a natural language-friendly AI system for
productivity software such as Microsoft Office that leverages large language
models (LLMs) to execute user intent across application features. While LLMs
are excellent at understanding user intent expressed as natural language, they
are not sufficient for fulfilling application-specific user intent that
requires more than text-to-text transformations. We therefore introduce the
Office Domain Specific Language (ODSL), a concise, high-level language
specialized for performing actions in and interacting with entities in Office
applications. Semantic Interpreter leverages an Analysis-Retrieval prompt
construction method with LLMs for program synthesis, translating natural
language user utterances to ODSL programs that can be transpiled to application
APIs and then executed. We focus our discussion primarily on a research
exploration for Microsoft PowerPoint
Detecting Abusive Language on Online Platforms: A Critical Analysis
Abusive language on online platforms is a major societal problem, often
leading to important societal problems such as the marginalisation of
underrepresented minorities. There are many different forms of abusive language
such as hate speech, profanity, and cyber-bullying, and online platforms seek
to moderate it in order to limit societal harm, to comply with legislation, and
to create a more inclusive environment for their users. Within the field of
Natural Language Processing, researchers have developed different methods for
automatically detecting abusive language, often focusing on specific
subproblems or on narrow communities, as what is considered abusive language
very much differs by context. We argue that there is currently a dichotomy
between what types of abusive language online platforms seek to curb, and what
research efforts there are to automatically detect abusive language. We thus
survey existing methods as well as content moderation policies by online
platforms in this light, and we suggest directions for future work