Persuasion Should be Double-Blind: A Multi-Domain Dialogue Dataset With Faithfulness Based on Causal Theory of Mind
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Abstract (arXiv)
Persuasive dialogue is central to human communication, yet existing datasets often rely on a single language model generating both roles, producing unrealistic interactions that violate the double-blind nature of persuasion. To overcome this, we propose ToMMA, a multi-agent framework guided by causal Theory of Mind that enforces role separation and prevents information leakage. Using ToMMA, we build CToMPersu, a large-scale multi-turn, multi-domain dataset capturing realistic persuasion dynamics. Automatic evaluations show that CToMPersu produces more coherent and persuasive dialogues than prior datasets. Furthermore, when used as a knowledge base, CToMPersu significantly enhances the persuasive performance of large language models, as confirmed by both automatic and human evaluations.
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- 2025Unraveling SITT: Social Influence Technique Taxonomy and Detection with LLMscited by 2
- 2025Make an Offer They Can't Refuse: Grounding Bayesian Persuasion in Real-World Dialogues without Pre-Commitmentcited by 1
- 2026Enhancing Persuasive Dialogue Agents by Synthesizing Cross-Disciplinary Communication Strategiescited by 1
- 2026MA2P: A Meta-Cognitive Autonomous Intelligent Agents Framework for Complex Persuasioncited by 0
- 2026IMPACTeen: Intentions, Manipulation, Persuasion, Annotations, and Consequences in Teen Communication Datasetcited by 0
- 2026Towards High-Level Semantic Intelligencecited by 0
- 2026Towards High-Level Semantic Intelligence27 Jul 2026
- 2026IMPACTeen: Intentions, Manipulation, Persuasion, Annotations, and Consequences in Teen Communication Dataset15 Jun 2026
- 2026MA2P: A Meta-Cognitive Autonomous Intelligent Agents Framework for Complex Persuasion18 May 2026
- 2026Enhancing Persuasive Dialogue Agents by Synthesizing Cross-Disciplinary Communication Strategies26 Feb 2026
- 2025Make an Offer They Can't Refuse: Grounding Bayesian Persuasion in Real-World Dialogues without Pre-Commitment15 Oct 2025
- 2025Unraveling SITT: Social Influence Technique Taxonomy and Detection with LLMs29 May 2025
- 2025ToMAP: Training Opponent-Aware LLM Persuaders with Theory of Mind29 May 2025
- 2025Must Read: A Comprehensive Survey of Computational Persuasion12 May 2025