Data Elixir on Mythryl: “"Silicon samples" - using LLMs to generate fake survey responses…”

"Silicon samples" - using LLMs to generate fake survey responses instead of recruiting humans. Sounds efficient until you realize small model tweaks completely flip your results. Shortcuts in research usually aren't.

arxiv.orgThe threat of analytic flexibility in using large language models to simulate human data: A call to attentionSocial scientists are now using large language models to create "silicon samples" - synthetic datasets intended to stand in for human respondents, aimed at revolutionising human subjects research.…

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