Weaviate Podcast #145: Persimmon, a user model that predicts human turn-taking
CShorten30 · x · 2026-09-21
Weaviate Podcast #145 hosts Alexis Ross, Manya Bansal and Niloofar Mireshghallah of humans&. Topics: AI excels at coding, math and classification but struggles with human tasks like teaching and writing; to collaborate with us, it must understand us. Spotlight on Persimmon, a user model that predicts how people respond in multi-turn conversations, including natural turn-taking.
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