5.3.2 Insights from Agent Society

Following the exploration of how simulated society works, this section delves into the emergent social
phenomena in agent society. In the realm of social science, the pursuit of generalized representations
of individuals, groups, and their intricate dynamics has long been a shared objective [551; 552]. The
emergence of LLM-based agents allows us to take a more microscopic view of simulated society,
which leads to more discoveries from the new representation.
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