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Conclusion and Future Directions

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This chapter concludes the book and discusses research challenges and future directions.

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    We have discussed the challenges and scopes of continually learning of conversational skills in Chap. 7 and will not repeat them here.

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Mazumder, S., Liu, B. (2024). Conclusion and Future Directions. In: Lifelong and Continual Learning Dialogue Systems. Synthesis Lectures on Human Language Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48189-5_8

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