Synthetic Players

Reference

Horton 2023

Large language models as simulated economic agents (Homo Silicus)

Horton, J. J. (2023). NBER Working Paper 31122.

Source ↗

Large language models as simulated economic agents (Homo Silicus). Horton, J. J. (2023). NBER Working Paper 31122.

Relationship to this project — Homo silicus

Early articulation of LLMs as simulated economic agents. This project tests the validation practice that grew from it: whether passing aggregate checks licenses treatment inference (it did not, here).