{"ID":2880044,"CreatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","UpdatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","DeletedAt":null,"paper_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18234","arxiv_id":"2508.18234","title":"Can AI Have a Personality? Prompt Engineering for AI Personality Simulation: A Chatbot Case Study in Gender-Affirming Voice Therapy Training","abstract":"This thesis investigates whether large language models (LLMs) can be guided to simulate a consistent personality through prompt engineering. The study explores this concept within the context of a chatbot designed for Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) student training, specifically focused on gender-affirming voice therapy. The chatbot, named Monae Jackson, was created to represent a 32-year-old transgender woman and engage in conversations simulating client-therapist interactions. Findings suggest that with prompt engineering, the chatbot maintained a recognizable and consistent persona and had a distinct personality based on the Big Five Personality test. These results support the idea that prompt engineering can be used to simulate stable personality characteristics in AI chatbots.","short_abstract":"This thesis investigates whether large language models (LLMs) can be guided to simulate a consistent personality through prompt engineering. The study explores this concept within the context of a chatbot designed for Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) student training, specifically focused on gender-affirming voice thera...","url_abs":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18234","url_pdf":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.18234v2","authors":"[\"Tailon D. Jackson\",\"Byunggu Yu\"]","published":"2025-08-20T00:43:06Z","proceeding":"cs.HC","tasks":"[\"cs.HC\",\"cs.CL\"]","methods":"[\"Large Language Model\",\"Language Model\"]","has_code":false}