SIA Lab

Empathy & LLMs

Asymmetric Calibration of Social Support

7,959 Reddit dyads reveal how support-givers and seekers miscalibrate. ACII 2026.

Stage
Data analysis · LLM scoring in progress
Last activity
2026-05
Target venue
ACII 2026

A taxonomy of support-seeking and support-giving moves, applied to a corpus of nearly 8,000 Reddit dyads. We show that the two sides of a support conversation calibrate asymmetrically, with implications for how LLMs should generate and evaluate empathetic responses.

Full project write-up coming soon.

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