Generative agents in the streets: Exploring the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) in collecting urban perceptions

Understand

Evaluating the surroundings to gain understanding, frame perspectives, and anticipate behavioral reactions is an inherent human trait.

• However, these continuous encounters are diverse and complex, posing challenges to their study and experimentation.
• Researchers have been able to isolate environmental features and study their effect on human perception and behavior.
• However, the research attempts to replicate and study human behaviors with proxies, such as by integrating virtual mediums and interviews, have been inconsistent.