Towards Strategic Persuasion with Language Models

ArXi:2509.22989v2 Announce Type: replace Large language models (LLMs) have nstrated strong persuasive capabilities comparable to those of humans, offering promising benefits while raising societal concerns. However, systematically evaluating the persuasive capabilities of LLMs is inherently challenging, as the effectiveness of persuasion among humans varies significantly across different domains. In this paper, we take a theory-driven approach to provide a scalable and principled framework for studying the persuasive capabilities of LLMs.