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Posting about papers that should say "...in a model" @in-a-model.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The correct way to frame a title to make clear what it does. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Posting about papers that should say "...in a model" @in-a-model.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This one is kind-of recursive, since the model being used here as an analogy to think about how analogies might be used.

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Posting about papers that should say "...in a model" @in-a-model.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... PNAS continues to have low standards as to title hype

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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 07/04/2025

Large Language Model-based social simulation has emerged as an exciting new research method. But do LLMs actually resolve the problems that have historically limited use of Agent-Based Models? What do they bring? We review the literature to find out! with Maik Laaroij arxiv.org/abs/2504.03274

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Do Large Language Models Solve the Problems of Agent-Based Modeling? A Critical Review of Generative Social Simulations

Recent advancements in AI have reinvigorated Agent-Based Models (ABMs), as the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) has led to the emergence of ``generative ABMs'' as a novel approach to simula...

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Posting about papers that should say "...in a model" @in-a-model.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

A classic example of language that does not distinguish between what is true in a model and in reality. This paper has had huge circulation among narrow nationalists (e.g. in Russia). The authors of this (otherwise fine) paper did not intend this. jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/16/3/7.html

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Posting about papers that should say "...in a model" @in-a-model.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Preventing extreme polarization of political attitudes ... *in a model*. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Posting about papers that should say "...in a model" @in-a-model.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

"Risk aversion can promote cooperation" IN A MODEL iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

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Posting about papers that should say "...in a model" @in-a-model.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

"Weak individual preferences stabilize culture IN A MODEL" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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