Social Skill Training with Large Language Models

Stanford University Georgia Institute of Technology

Social Skill Training via two complementary visions of AI assistance,

Domain expertise means the AI Mentor should cite and elaborate on theories or frameworks from the related literature to develop their feedback, such as psychotherapy, conflict resolution, or ne- gotiation, rather than producing generic and broad responses.

Optimizing Long-Term Interactions Persona Consistency First, LLMs should remain consistent when simulating social skill training.

Humans do not simply “follow instructions”—we ask clar- ification questions, follow up on underlying de- tails, or repair assumptions made by other in- terlocutors