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▶ 36:14 · World Models & Simulation · AI simulation of human behavior reaches 85% accuracy, enabling CERN-scale social science
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Simulating Humans at Scale: Simile's Joon Sung Park

2026-06-16 · 1 company · 4 thematic
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joon sung park

Former Stanford researcher who led the Generative Agents (Smallville) and Social Simulacra papers. PhD advised by Percy Liang and Michael Bernstein. Spent 5 years researching AI simulation of human behavior before founding Simile to commercialize the technology. Secured early customers including CVS and a strategic partnership with Gallup.

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