Your Thoughtful Opponent: Embracing Cognitive Conflict with Peer Agent

Kyuwon Kim; Jaeryeong Hwang; Younseo Lee; Jeanhee Lee; Sung Eun Kim; Hyo Jeong So

doi:10.1145/3746058.3758410

Your Thoughtful Opponent: Embracing Cognitive Conflict with Peer Agent

Kyuwon Kim
, Jaeryeong Hwang
, Younseo Lee
, Jeanhee Lee
, Sung Eun Kim
, Hyo Jeong So

Department of Educational Technology

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

As complex societal issues continue to emerge, fostering democratic skills like valuing diverse perspectives and collaborative decision-making is increasingly vital in education. In this paper, we propose a Peer Agent (PA) system designed to simulate a deliberative conversational partner that induces socio-cognitive conflict within dilemma-based game play. Drawing on by the Inner Thoughts framework and grounded in value-sensitive discourse analysis, the PA actively participates in voice-based multi-party deliberation with human players. The system architecture consists of five core modules: Context Interpreter, Agent State Manager, Thought Generator, Thought Evaluator, and Thought Articulator.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	UIST Adjunct 2025 - Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
Editors	Andrea Bianchi, Elena Glassman, Shengdong Zhao, Jeeeun Kim, Ian Oakley, Wendy E. Mackay
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
ISBN (Electronic)	9798400720369
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3746058.3758410
State	Published - 27 Sep 2025
Event	38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2025 - Busan, Korea, Republic of Duration: 28 Sep 2025 → 1 Oct 2025

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Name	UIST Adjunct 2025 - Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

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Conference	38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2025
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Busan
Period	28/09/25 → 1/10/25

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Keywords

Conversational Agent
Human-AI Interaction
Large Language Models

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Kim, K., Hwang, J., Lee, Y., Lee, J., Kim, S. E., & So, H. J. (2025). Your Thoughtful Opponent: Embracing Cognitive Conflict with Peer Agent. In A. Bianchi, E. Glassman, S. Zhao, J. Kim, I. Oakley, & W. E. Mackay (Eds.), UIST Adjunct 2025 - Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology Article 180 (UIST Adjunct 2025 - Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3746058.3758410

Kim, Kyuwon ; Hwang, Jaeryeong ; Lee, Younseo et al. / Your Thoughtful Opponent : Embracing Cognitive Conflict with Peer Agent. UIST Adjunct 2025 - Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. editor / Andrea Bianchi ; Elena Glassman ; Shengdong Zhao ; Jeeeun Kim ; Ian Oakley ; Wendy E. Mackay. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2025. (UIST Adjunct 2025 - Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology).

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Kim, K, Hwang, J, Lee, Y, Lee, J, Kim, SE & So, HJ 2025, Your Thoughtful Opponent: Embracing Cognitive Conflict with Peer Agent. in A Bianchi, E Glassman, S Zhao, J Kim, I Oakley & WE Mackay (eds), UIST Adjunct 2025 - Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology., 180, UIST Adjunct 2025 - Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2025, Busan, Korea, Republic of, 28/09/25. https://doi.org/10.1145/3746058.3758410

Your Thoughtful Opponent: Embracing Cognitive Conflict with Peer Agent. / Kim, Kyuwon; Hwang, Jaeryeong; Lee, Younseo et al.
UIST Adjunct 2025 - Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. ed. / Andrea Bianchi; Elena Glassman; Shengdong Zhao; Jeeeun Kim; Ian Oakley; Wendy E. Mackay. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2025. 180 (UIST Adjunct 2025 - Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Kim K, Hwang J, Lee Y, Lee J, Kim SE, So HJ. Your Thoughtful Opponent: Embracing Cognitive Conflict with Peer Agent. In Bianchi A, Glassman E, Zhao S, Kim J, Oakley I, Mackay WE, editors, UIST Adjunct 2025 - Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2025. 180. (UIST Adjunct 2025 - Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology). doi: 10.1145/3746058.3758410

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