Simulating Opinion Dynamics with Networks of LLM-based Agents (2024.findings-naacl)
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Yun-Shiuan Chuang, Agam Goyal, Nikunj Harlalka, Siddharth Suresh, Robert Hawkins, Sijia Yang, Dhavan Shah, Junjie Hu, Timothy Rogers
| Challenge: | Existing approaches to simulating opinion dynamics often over-simplify human behavior . authors propose refining LLMs with real-world discourse to better simulate evolution of beliefs . |
| Approach: | They propose to use large language models to simulate opinion dynamics in groups of simulated agents . they found that LLM agents produce more accurate information than ABMs . |
| Outcome: | The proposed model can be used to better simulate opinion dynamics in real-world discourses. |
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