A Literature Review on Emotional Intelligence of Large Language Models (LLMs)

Large Language Models(LLMs) are artificial intelligence models that use deep neural networks to perform Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks. These tasks include interaction between humans and computers, enabling computers to interpret and generate human languages in a meaningful manner. Large Language models are called "large" because of the architecture’s size and the huge sets of training text data. With the emergence of transformer-based LLMs, the game of NLPs has reached another level. This is due to their ability to handle long-range text dependencies in parallel. The growing prevalence of transformer-based LLMs in human lives has necessitated evaluating the scope of the Emotional Intelligence(EI) of LLMs. This paper will discuss the need for emotional intelligence in transformer-based LLMs and the various existing studies that have evaluated this aspect. The potential challenges of the LLMs along with the future directions for research in this field will also be discussed.