People rely on social skills like conflict resolution to communicate
effectively and to thrive in both work and personal life. However, practice
environments for social skills are typically out of reach for most people. How
can we make social skill training more available, accessible, and inviting?
Drawing upon interdisciplinary research from communication and psychology, this
perspective paper identifies social skill barriers to enter specialized fields.
Then we present a solution that leverages large language models for social
skill training via a generic framework. Our AI Partner, AI Mentor framework
merges experiential learning with realistic practice and tailored feedback.
This work ultimately calls for cross-disciplinary innovation to address the
broader implications for workforce development and social equality.

人们依靠冲突解决等社交技巧来有效沟通并在工作和个人生活中蓬勃发展。然而，社交技能的实践环境通常难以触及大多数人，那么我们该如何使社交技能培训更加可用、易接近和具有吸引力呢？该文通过从交流学和心理学的跨学科研究提出社交技能进入专业领域的障碍，然后提出了一个利用大型语言模型进行社交技能训练的解决方案。我们的 AI 伙伴，AI 导师框架将体验学习与实际训练和定制反馈相结合。本研究最终呼吁跨学科创新来解决劳动力发展和社会平等的更广泛影响。