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Ruben Boone, Gilles Eerlings, Sebe Vanbrabant, Davy Vanacken, Kris Luyten
The authors test whether prompts can shape an LLM’s Big Five profile and whether matching that profile to a user affects persuasion. Questionnaire-based measures show requested traits can shift, with spillover across traits. In a study of 32 participants, matched agents did not significantly change persuasiveness, stance switching, or confidence; stance changed in 8 of 128 conversations.
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