LLMs Can Now Simulate Massive Societies: Researchers from Fudan University Introduce SocioVerse, an LLM-Agent-Driven World Model for Social Simulation with a User Pool of 10 Million Real Individuals

LLMs Can Now Simulate Massive Societies: Researchers from Fudan University Introduce SocioVerse, an LLM-Agent-Driven World Model for Social Simulation with a User Pool of 10 Million Real Individuals

Human behavior research strives to comprehend how individuals and groups act in social contexts, forming a foundational social science element. Traditional methodologies like surveys, interviews, and observations face significant challenges, including high costs, limited sample sizes, and ethical concerns. These challenges have pushed researchers toward alternative approaches for studying human behavior. For example, Social simulation is an effe…