"Time Machine Experiments": AI-simulated minds from 1930 as a research method
iyadrahwan · x · 2026-09-17
A Max Planck-led team introduces "Time Machine Experiments": participants 'travel' to the past and interact with a mind from 1930, simulated by an AI with a knowledge cut-off. The preprint exemplifies their recently coined "Science Fiction Science" (Sci-Fi-Sci) approach to social science research.
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