When Do LLMs Generate Realistic Social Networks? A Multi-Dimensional Study of Culture, Language, Scale, and Method

Sai Hemanth Kilaru, Sriram Theerdh Manikyala, Raghav Upadhyay +3

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used as substitutes for human subjects in behavioral simulations, including synthetic social network generation. Yet it remains unclea…