arXiv:2510. 05743v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We review the historical development and current trends of artificially intelligent agents (agentic AI) in the social and behavioral sciences: from the first programmable computers, and social simulations soon thereafter, to today's experiments with large language models.
By Petter Holme, Milena Tsvetkova
Social simulation offers the social sciences an experimental instrument that the real world cannot supply, and generative agents have transformed it by acting as silicon samples that unite agent-based...
arXiv:2607. 06080v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Putnam's Social Capital Theory is a foundational framework for collective action and community prosperity.
By Shiyi Ling, Zhi Zheng, Hui Zheng, Wenjun Xue, Feng Ye, Tong Xu
Putnam's Social Capital Theory is a foundational framework for collective action and community prosperity. However, traditional empirical methods face practical limits on control and replication.
arXiv:2609.24911v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Social simulation offers the social sciences an experimental instrument that the real world cannot supply, and generative agents have transformed it by...
By Xinnong Zhang, Jiayu Lin, Jia Wang, Yixu Huang, Xinyi Mou, Yingqian Wu, Jingcong Liang, Shijun Lei, Jianing Shi, Guanying Li, Siyuan Wang, Hanjia Lyu, Zhenfei Yin, Yunlu Yin, Siming Chen, Yulan He, Jiebo Luo, Xuanjing Huang, Liyin Jin, Baohua Zhou, Hanqi Yan, Zhongyu Wei
arXiv:2504. 09662v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Multi-agent large language model simulations have the potential to model complex human behaviors and interactions.
By Jenny Ma, Riya Sahni, Karthik Sreedhar, Lydia B. Chilton