researchers from Google y Stanford University created Smallville, a town based on Artificial intelligence, with 25 inhabitants driven by the model behind ChatGPT. Relatives, neighbors, all virtual and interacting with each other.
Do you remember the saga of The Sims, the title created by EA? It’s something similar, but with the graphics of The Legend of Zelda in their first Nintendo presentations.
The title of the study is called Generative agents: interactive simulations of human behavior, and was performed by Joon Sung Park, Joseph O’Brien, Carrie Cai, and colleagues.
With only text generated by GPT 3.5, the model it relies on ChatGPT From OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence agents are developed in the virtual city. It has houses, a park, a school, a cafe, a bar and shops.
A generative agent is a computer software character that simulates believable human behavior, from waking up and making breakfast to talking and getting upset about certain reasons.
The result of the investigation indicates that these generative agents they were able to “produce credible emergent individual and social behaviours”.
Life in Smallville, the town of Artificial Intelligence
Isabella Rodríguez, Tom Moreno, John, Mei y Eddy Lin, Sam y Jennifer Moore… these are some of the Artificial Intelligence agents that live in Smallville.
This textual description establishes the behavior of, for example, John Lin.
“John Lin is a Pharmacy Merchant at Willow Market and Pharmacy and he loves helping people. He is always looking for ways to make the process of obtaining medicines easier for his clients.” the researchers point out.
“He lives with his wife, Mei Lin, who is a university professor, and their son, Eddy Lin, who is studying music theory; John Lin loves his family very much.”
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And then he goes into Lin’s relationship with other Artificial Intelligence agents: “John Lin has known the elderly couple next door, Sam Moore and Jennifer Moore, for a few years.; John Lin thinks that Sam Moore is a kind and nice man…”.
Based on this type of description (each character has their own), Smallville residents are asked to propose their next actions. This is how you interact in this Artificial Intelligence town.
The Google and Stanford University researchers noted that as a result of this study, “credible elements of human behavior can enhance interactive applications, ranging from immersive environments to sandboxes for interpersonal communication and prototyping tools.”
