Social-emotional skills are vital for students to develop in school to be prepared to work in an economy powered by artificial intelligence, many educators, business executives, and tech experts say. It will be a person’s ability to empathize, communicate, and think creatively and critically that will distinguish them from AI chatbots. That means students must hone those so-called “soft skills” now, before they begin their careers. But can AI help students learn those uniquely human skills?