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.

翻译：人们依赖冲突解决等社交技能来有效沟通，并在工作和个人生活中蓬勃发展。然而，对多数人而言，社交技能的实践环境通常难以企及。如何让社交技能培训变得更易获得、更易接触且更具吸引力？这篇展望性论文融合传播学与心理学的跨学科研究，首先指出阻碍人们进入专业领域的社交技能壁垒，继而提出一种解决方案：通过通用框架利用大语言模型进行社交技能训练。我们的AI伙伴与AI导师框架将体验式学习、逼真实践与个性化反馈相结合。这项工作最终呼吁跨学科创新，以应对劳动力发展与社会平等方面的广泛影响。