pplapi is a virtual database of the entire human population.

This is my research. It's an ongoing project that I will be discussing as part of my PhD dissertation, which I plan to defend in a few months. I had hoped to finish my PhD before this project got attention, but the website is already live and I can't really complain. In fact, I'm really happy with the interest and I want to engage.

Here's a few important facts about pplapi:

• the agents are synthetic, not real people
• the numbers are based on population parameters, so in aggregate, pplapi approaches reality
• at the individual level, these agents exist in the "uncanny valley" of kindof-sortof-implausible demographics
• some dimensions have more noise (error) than others; income is the easiest example
• the research is ongoing, so there many opportunities to improve
• one way to "use" pplapi is with an agent-based modelling environment, like NetLogo or MASON

This work is not merely a technical demonstration; it serves as a proof-of-concept "simulacrum" of humanity, which is axiomatic in my dissertation. I believe this work also raises a host of moral and ethical questions that were previously abstract but are now easier to comprehend. I do not believe pplapi itself has crossed any ethical boundaries, but I think the line of questioning is now clearer.

"pplapi (pronounced “people API”) is a virtual database of the entire living human population. The current database contains 7,171,922,938 agents and is approximately 6.8 TB in size. "

"Currently, Agent Space contains a simulated entry for each of the ~7 billion humans alive in 2014, who are all addressable with pplapi."

athena 6.3.3: Athena Regional Stability Simulation

http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/AthenaModel/athena/blob/master/docs/developer.html

This software is subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations and has been classified as EAR99.

A modeling program for integrating social, military, and gov interactions in conflict areas

It would be interesting to see if you could get a subset of your agents to set up a group here, and see if you can devise a way to make them influence the model

http://unu.ai/

"UNU unleashes the brainpower of groups, combining their knowledge, opinions, and instincts into a Swarm Intelligence that is often smarter and more insightful than the individuals would be alone."

Interesting.

http://pplapi.com/4869779458.html

Age: 0 (unborn)
Language: Persian
Religion: Muslim
Income: $7909 USD
Openness [i]: above average
Conscientiousness [i]: average
Extraversion [i]: below average
Agreeableness [i]: barely above average
Neuroticism [i]: average

How exactly did they determine language, religion, income, and neuroticism of a person who wasn't even born yet?