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Workshop: How Far Are We From AGI

Can Large Language Model Agents Simulate Human Trust Behaviors?

Chengxing Xie · Canyu Chen · Feiran Jia · Yeol Ye · Kai Shu · Adel Bibi · Ziniu Hu · Philip Torr · Bernard Ghanem · Guohao Li

Keywords: [ Human Simulation ] [ LLM Agent ] [ Behavioral Alignment ]


Abstract:

Large Language Model (LLM) agents have been increasingly adopted as simulation tools to model humans in applications such as social science. However, one fundamental question remains: can LLM agents really simulate human behaviors? In this paper, we focus on one of the most critical behaviors in human interactions, trust, and aim to investigate whether or not LLM agents can simulate human trust behaviors. We first find that LLM agents generally exhibit trust behaviors, referred to as agent trust, under the framework of Trust Games, which are widely recognized in behavioral economics. Then, we discover that LLM agents can have high behavioral alignment with humans regarding trust behaviors, indicating the feasibility to simulate human trust behaviors with LLM agents. In addition, we probe into the biases in agent trust and the differences in agent trust towards agents and humans. We also explore the intrinsic properties of agent trust under conditions including advanced reasoning strategies and external manipulations. We further offer important implications for various scenarios where trust is paramount. Our study represents a significant step in understanding the behaviors of LLM agents and the LLM-human analogy. The code is here.

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