🔥Out of One, Many: Using Language Models to Simulate Human Samples

TLDR: GPT-3 has unexpected application — modelling of socialogical studies. Average responses of a certain groups can be to some algorithmical accuracy predicted by in silico modelling.

What this means: sociologists won’t have to conduct costly live researches and will be able to run experiments in simulations. Marketers and politicians are getting their hands on cheap solution for modelling their slogans and value propositions. This enables people to check more hypothesis faster and to manipulate society with more efficiency.

ArXiV: https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.06899

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