Act or Clarify? Modeling Sensitivity to Uncertainty and Cost in Communication 事件

PRODUCT_LAUNCH2026-05-26影响: MEDIUM

Act or Clarify? Modeling Sensitivity to Uncertainty and Cost in Communication arXiv:2602.02843v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: When deciding how to act under uncertainty, agents may choose to act to reduce uncertainty or they may act despite that uncertainty. In communicative settings, an important way of reducing uncertainty is by asking clarification questions (CQs). We predict that the decision to ask a CQ depends on both contextual uncertainty and the cost of alternative actions, and tha