Stanford Builds Virtual Society

⊲ Stanford Graduate School of Business ⊳ Researchers at Stanford have created a virtual world with 20,000 AI-powered agents to conduct behavioural experiments, replicating an earlier Facebook study on voter turnout. Their simulation demonstrated that messages highlighting social connections were significantly more effective in increasing voter turnout than generic informational posts, suggesting that while simulations capture broad trends, they may overlook nuanced details. This approach allows for repeated experiments that are often impractical in real-world settings, potentially benefiting various fields of research.
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