This research introduces a framework for creating virtual human participants using large language models, potentially transforming how social science research is conducted.

• Creates realistic human simulacra with detailed life stories
• Reduces research costs and complexity in experimental studies
• Enables new possibilities for testing human behavior in controlled settings
• Introduces novel approaches to personification across multiple ages

For education researchers, this breakthrough offers opportunities to study learning behaviors and educational psychology without traditional human subject constraints, potentially accelerating research cycles and enabling testing of scenarios difficult to replicate with real participants.

Human Simulacra: Benchmarking the Personification of Large Language Models