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AI as a Research Proxy: Navigating the New Frontier of Social Science Inquiry through Language Models

2024-12-04

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>As artificial intelligence transforms the landscape of social science research, large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT present both unprecedented opportunities and unprecedented challenges. This study explores the application of ChatGPT as "surrogates" or computational substitutes for human participants in sociological and socio-psychological research. By simulating responses to comp...

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Literature Corpus work: 1a438934-78b7-5d3a-9edc-a7ca17cbbb8f
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5425532/v1

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