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Maybe the website should tell that this is a synthetic dataset, it is not clear from it.
DOB: 2012-09-09 Age: 5 Language: Russian Religion: Muslim 10-15% Income: $18466 USD Hmmm
you need to add a way to adopt one(aka give it name). I'd adopt one for a $1. to help fund your research. you need a way to find the closest one to you. http://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_geolocation.asp
The limit seems to be 2-7171922938 [1][2] for some reason 1 throws an error [3]. Edit: I should have read the documentation first [4]. > The current database contains 7,171,922,938 agents and is approximately 6.8 TB in size. [1] http://pplapi.com/2.html [2] http://pplapi.com/7171922938.html [3] http://pplapi.com/1.html [4] http://pplapi.com/docs/
Thanks for the report!
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It's a synthetic world population derived from public population data; these are not real people (i.e. human subjects) and the source raw data were not identifiable or even individual-level data. I nevertheless think there are a number of issues raised by the possibility of a human population database, but to be clear: pplapi does not have actual people in it. I am currently writing about some of these issues.
Until I looked at the actual data, I didn't realize this was synthetic either. The developer might want to make that clear in the header text. "Virtual Database" doesn't make this clear. I think "virtual database synthesizing the entire human population" might make it clearer. That said. This is very impressive and has my imagination tingling with ways to apply it.
Is the precision limited to the country level?
In quite the coincidence, when I attempted to get a random human in the US, I got a simulated person 3mi from my (very rural) house. When I searched the coords, it was in the middle of a forest. The demographics seemed off for my area (too young, income too low, there is no internet access in that area, unlikely religion) Is the precision limited to the country level?
Of course, the devil is in the details, so when you zoom in on any individual you can see the "uncanny valley" of how the simulated agents aren't quite right.
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Typically, when one does a university research study in the US involving human subjects there are something like IRB requirements (e.g. [ http://humansubjects.stanford.edu/new/resources/consent/ ] I see research mentioned on the website, and also that the entire world population is mentioned in the data set. Have you run into anything like this?
It's a synthetic world population derived from public population data; these are not real people (i.e. human subjects) and the source raw data were not identifiable or even individual-level data. I nevertheless think there are a number of issues raised by the possibility of a human population database, but to be clear: pplapi does not have actual people in it. I am currently writing about some of these issues.
Me: Mom, y didn't you sign me up for this?
Mom: Cuz you never asked for it...
Me: Uhhhh, I was little. I barely knew anything.