Workshop paper

Virtual Community: A World Simulator for Humans, Robots, and Society

Abstract

The rapid progress in AI may lead to a profound societal transformation, as humans and agents begin to coexist within shared communities, introducing both opportunities and challenges. To explore this future, we present an open-world platform for humans, robots, and society-built on a universal physics engine and grounded in real-world 3D scenes.We aim to study embodied social intelligence at scale: 1) How robots can intelligently cooperate or compete; 2) How humans develop social relations and build community; 3) More importantly, how intelligent robots and humans can co-exist in an open world.