Research case
“Homo silicus” — LLMs as simulated economic agents (Horton et al., NBER)
The working paper uses LLMs as simulated economic agents, assigning information and preferences before examining behavior in classic experimental scenarios.
What is reported
The authors report qualitative similarities to several human experiments, while treating differences as prompts for further research.
Before you use it
This is a working paper, not a replacement for human experiments. The authors disclose financial interests in Expected Parrot.
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