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Recent advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) have significantly enhanced conversational agents, making them applicable to various fields (e.g., education, entertainment). Despite their progress, the evaluation of the agents often…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Jiho Kim , Woosog Chay , Hyeonji Hwang , Daeun Kyung , Hyunseung Chung , Eunbyeol Cho , Yeonsu Kwon , Yohan Jo , Edward Choi

The recent developments in Large Language Models (LLM), mark a significant moment in the research and development of social interactions with artificial agents. These agents are widely deployed in a variety of settings, with potential…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-07-03 Guy Laban , Tomer Laban , Hatice Gunes

Large Language Models (LLMs) enable unprecedented social science experimentation by creating controlled hybrid human-AI environments. We introduce Epitome (www.epitome-ai.com), an open experimental platform that operationalizes this…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-12-25 Jingjing Qu , Kejia Hu , Jun Zhu , Yulei Ye , Wenhao Li , Teng Wang , Zhiyun Chen , Chaochao Lu , Aimin Zhou , Xiangfeng Wang , Xia Hu , James Evans

Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated promising potential in providing empathetic support during interactions. However, their responses often become verbose or overly formulaic, failing to adequately address the diverse emotional…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-12-12 Jing Ye , Lu Xiang , Yaping Zhang , Chengqing Zong

Workforce transformations are difficult to forecast and costly to mismanage. In particular, the integration of artificial intelligence into knowledge work currently affects a substantial share of the global workforce, yet this transition…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Sumer S. Vaid , Ashley V. Whillans

Evaluating recommender systems remains challenging due to the gap between offline metrics and real user behavior, as well as the scarcity of interaction data. Recent work explores large language model (LLM) agents as synthetic users, yet…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2026-01-06 Nicolas Bougie , Gian Maria Marconi , Tony Yip , Narimasa Watanabe

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly leveraged to empower autonomous agents to simulate human beings in various fields of behavioral research. However, evaluating their capacity to navigate complex social interactions remains a…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-11-26 Xinyi Mou , Jingcong Liang , Jiayu Lin , Xinnong Zhang , Xiawei Liu , Shiyue Yang , Rong Ye , Lei Chen , Haoyu Kuang , Xuanjing Huang , Zhongyu Wei

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used in social science simulations. While their performance on reasoning and optimization tasks has been extensively evaluated, less attention has been paid to their ability to simulate human…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-08-25 Yuanjun Feng , Vivek Choudhary , Yash Raj Shrestha

Predicting human decision-making in high-stakes environments remains a central challenge for artificial intelligence. While large language models (LLMs) demonstrate strong general reasoning, they often struggle to generate consistent,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-20 Ben Yellin , Ehud Ezra , Mark Foreman , Shula Grinapol

Interactive large language model (LLM) agents operating via multi-turn dialogue and multi-step tool calling are increasingly used in production. Benchmarks for these agents must both reliably compare models and yield on-policy training…

Autonomous AI agents that can follow instructions and perform complex multi-step tasks have tremendous potential to boost human productivity. However, to perform many of these tasks, the agents need access to personal information from their…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-10-03 Arman Zharmagambetov , Chuan Guo , Ivan Evtimov , Maya Pavlova , Ruslan Salakhutdinov , Kamalika Chaudhuri

Agent-based modeling (ABM) offers powerful insights into complex systems, but its practical utility has been limited by computational constraints and simplistic agent behaviors, especially when simulating large populations. Recent…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-11-12 Ayush Chopra , Shashank Kumar , Nurullah Giray-Kuru , Ramesh Raskar , Arnau Quera-Bofarull

User simulators are often used to generate large amounts of data for various tasks such as generation, training, and evaluation. However, existing approaches concentrate on collective behaviors or interactive systems, struggling with tasks…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2026-02-27 Bingrui Jin , Kunyao Lan , Mengyue Wu

The rapid advancement of AI technologies yields numerous future impacts on individuals and society. Policymakers are tasked to react quickly and establish policies that mitigate those impacts. However, anticipating the effectiveness of…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-07-30 Julia Barnett , Kimon Kieslich , Nicholas Diakopoulos

Large language models (LLMs) have shown strong capabilities in multi-step decision-making, planning and actions, and are increasingly integrated into various real-world applications. It is concerning whether their strong problem-solving…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Yilin Tang , Yu Wang , Lanlan Qiu , Wenchang Gao , Yunfei Ma , Baicheng Chen , Tianxing He

LLM-based agents can complete tasks correctly yet still frustrate users through poor interaction patterns, such as excessive confirmations, opaque reasoning, or misaligned pacing. Current benchmarks evaluate task accuracy but overlook how…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-02-09 Jialin Li , Zhenhao Chen , Hanjun Luo , Hanan Salam

Background: Traditional research on collaborative learning scaffolding is often time-consuming and resource-heavy, which hinders the rapid iteration and optimization of instructional strategies. LLM-based multi-agent systems have recently…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Han Wua , Lishan Zhang , Chunming Lu

What if artificial agents could not just communicate, but also evolve, adapt, and reshape their worlds in ways we cannot fully predict? With llm now powering multi-agent systems and social simulations, we are witnessing new possibilities…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-10-22 Jinkun Chen , Sher Badshah , Xuemin Yu , Sijia Han

Validation of LLM-agent social simulations remains underdeveloped, with most studies relying on subjective assessments or single runs. We address this gap by running 30 independent 30-day simulations of a technology forum modeled on Voat's…

Large Language Model (LLM) empowered agents have recently emerged as advanced paradigms that exhibit impressive capabilities in a wide range of domains and tasks. Despite their potential, current LLM agents often adopt a one-size-fits-all…