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Can AI Be a Participant in Social Experiments?

CWSF · 2026 Digital Technology

Alexandria Xu · Junior Division · Grades 7–8

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Overview

Social experiments are a part of human-centered social research. They are often costly and difficult to conduct. Some topics may even be unethical due to lasting harm. In this project, I explored whether AI could replace humans as an active participant in social experiments. I ran a survey in my school and also fed the same questionnaire to AI. I then compared human and AI responses. I conducted a thorough comparative analysis with the data sets, and the results show that, for topics involving applying knowledge and making predictions, AI can perform similar to humans and function not only as a mechanical tool but also as an intelligent social agent. My findings suggest that AI, as an active participant in some areas of human-centered research, can help save time and money and avoid ethical issues so that researchers can conduct more experiments and broaden their explorations.

Awards (1)

  • Selected for CWSF 2026

Competition history

  • CWSF 2026 Digital Technology

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