ACE: A LLM-based Negotiation Coaching System

ACL ARR 2024 June Submission2531 Authors

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Abstract: The growing prominence of LLMs has led to an increase in the development of AI tutoring systems. These systems are crucial in providing underrepresented populations with improved access to valuable education. One important area of education that is unavailable to many learners is strategic bargaining related to negotiation. To address this, we develop a LLM-based Assistant for Coaching nEgotiation (ACE). ACE not only serves as a negotiation partner for users but also provides them with targeted feedback for improvement. To build our system, we collect a dataset of negotiation transcripts between MBA students. These transcripts come from trained negotiators and emulate realistic bargaining scenarios. We use the dataset, along with expert consultations, to design an annotation scheme for detecting negotiation mistakes. ACE employs this scheme to identify mistakes and provide targeted feedback to users. To test the effectiveness of ACE-generated feedback, we conducted a user experiment with two consecutive trials of negotiation and found that it improves negotiation performances significantly compared to a negotiation agent that doesn't provide feedback.
Paper Type: Long
Research Area: NLP Applications
Research Area Keywords: NLP Applications, Human-Centered NLP
Contribution Types: NLP engineering experiment, Data resources
Languages Studied: English
Submission Number: 2531
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