A landmark HCI study examines LLMs as synthetic participants — promises and perils
IanArawjo · x · 2026-10-10
IanArawjo calls a recent study one of the most important for HCI: it systematically examines the promises and manifold perils of using LLMs as "synthetic participants" in user research, a must-read for anyone studying user behavior.
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