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ARXIV:2604.06663 · LLM AGENTS · SUBMITTED 10 APR · 00:16 UTC · FRESHNESS STALE
ARXIV:2604.06663LLM AGENTSSUBMITTED 10 APR · 00:16 UTCFRESHNESS STALEXiaoyou Qin · Zhihong Li · Xiaoxiao Cheng · arXiv
This paper introduces audience segmentation to improve the diversity and accuracy of social simulations performed by Large Language Models.
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This paper introduces audience segmentation to improve the diversity and accuracy of social simulations performed by Large Language Models. However, current simulation practice often collapses diversity into an "average persona," masking subgroup variation that…
Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly used to simulate social attitudes and behaviors, offering scalable "silicon samples" that can approximate human data. However, current simulation practice often collapses diversity into an "average persona," masking…
ScienceToStartup currently rates this 3.0/10 on the public viability pass. Results show that increasing identifier granularity does not produce consistent improvement: moderate enrichment can improve performance, but further expansion does not reliably help and…
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This paper introduces audience segmentation to improve the diversity and accuracy of social simulations performed by Large Language Models.
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10.48550/arXiv.2604.06663This paper introduces audience segmentation to improve the diversity and accuracy of social simulations performed by Large Language Models.
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Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly used to simulate social attitudes and behaviors, offering scalable "silicon samples" that can approximate human data. However, current simulation practice often collapses diversity into an "average persona," masking subgroup variation that is central to social reality. This study introduces audience segmentation as a systematic approach for restoring heterogeneity in LLM-based social simulation. Using U.S. climate-opinion survey data, we compare six segmentation configurations across two open-weight LLMs (Llama 3.1-70B and Mixtral 8x22B), varying segmentation identifier granularity, parsimony, and selection logic (theory-driven, data-driven, and instrument-based). We evaluate simulation performance with a three-dimensional evaluation framework covering distributional, structural, and predictive fidelity. Results show that increasing identifier granularity does not produce consistent improvement: moderate enrichment can improve performance, but further expansion does not reliably help and can worsen structural and predictive fidelity. Across parsimony comparisons, compact configurations often match or outperform more comprehensive alternatives, especially in structural and predictive fidelity, while distributional fidelity remains metric dependent. Identifier selection logic determines which fidelity dimension benefits most: instrument-based selection best preserves distributional shape, whereas data-driven selection best recovers between-group structure and identifier-outcome associations. Overall, no single configuration dominates all dimensions, and performance gains in one dimension can coincide with losses in another. These findings position audience segmentation as a core methodological approach for valid LLM-based social simulation and highlight the need for heterogeneity-aware evaluation and variance-preserving modeling strategies.
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This paper introduces audience segmentation to improve the diversity and accuracy of social simulations performed by Large Language Models. However, current simulation practice often collapses diversity into an "average persona," masking subgroup variation that is central to soc...
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Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly used to simulate social attitudes and behaviors, offering scalable "silicon samples" that can approximate human data. However, current simulation practice often collapses diversity into an "average persona," masking subgroup variatio...
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ScienceToStartup currently rates this 3.0/10 on the public viability pass. Results show that increasing identifier granularity does not produce consistent improvement: moderate enrichment can improve performance, but further expansion does not reliably help and can worsen struct...
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This paper introduces audience segmentation to improve the diversity and accuracy of social simulations performed by Large Language Models. However, current simulation practice often collapses diversity into an "average persona," masking subgroup variation that is central to social reality.
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Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly used to simulate social attitudes and behaviors, offering scalable "silicon samples" that can approximate human data. However, current simulation practice often collapses diversity into an "average persona," masking subgroup variation that is central to social reality.
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