Nature study says AI can simulate human behavior and match experts on experiments
RobbWiller · x · 2026-07-27
A Nature paper reports that AI systems can simulate human behavior well enough to predict experimental results as accurately as experts.
The post also highlights the safety angle:
- such simulators could be used for harmful manipulation,
- and current safeguards do not prevent these misuse pathways.
The reply frames this as a common problem in misuse evaluations: harmful goals can be broken into smaller, seemingly harmless subtasks, making refusal-based tests easier to bypass.
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