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ProSLM : A Prolog Synergized Language Model for explainable Domain Specific Knowledge Based Question Answering

Priyesh Vakharia, Abigail Kufeldt, Max Meyers, Ian Lane, Leilani Gilpin

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Abstract

Neurosymbolic approaches can add robustness to opaque neural systems by incorporating explainable symbolic representations. However, previous approaches have not used formal logic to contextualize queries to and validate outputs of large language models (LLMs). We propose \systemname{}, a novel neurosymbolic framework, to improve the robustness and reliability of LLMs in question-answering tasks. We provide \systemname{} with a domain-specific knowledge base, a logical reasoning system, and an integration to an existing LLM. This framework has two capabilities (1) context gathering: generating explainable and relevant context for a given query, and (2) validation: confirming and validating the factual accuracy of a statement in accordance with a knowledge base (KB). Our work opens a new area of neurosymbolic generative AI text validation and user personalization.

arXiv comments
Accepted at NeSy 2024
Journal reference
Springer, Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNAI,volume 14980), 2024
DOI
doi:10.1007/978-3-031-71170-1_23
Subjects
cs.CLComputation and Language cs.AIArtificial Intelligence

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    • I'm not convinced that symbolic processing doesn't still have a place in AI though. My feeling about language models is that, while they can be eerily good at solving problems, they're still not as capable of maintaining logical consistency as a symbolic program would be. Sure…

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