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Claude Cooperates! Exploring Cultural Evolution in LLM Societies, with Aron Vallinder & Edward Hughes

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Cultural Evolution of AI Cooperation

This chapter explores a simulation that reveals how language models, such as Claude and GPT-40, evolve culturally through resource exchanges in a game setting. It highlights the varying degrees of cooperation among these models, particularly the superior performance of Claude, while questioning the effectiveness of prompt engineering in enhancing collaborative behaviors. The discussion underscores the significance of initial conditions and the potential societal impacts of integrating diverse AI agents within shared environments.

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