Max Kleiman-Weiner @maxkw.bsky.social · 05/12/2024We study whether LLM agents can sustainably cooperate to govern a common shared resource. First posed as “The Tragedy of the Commons,” if each player acts selfishly, the resource will collapse (e.g., CO2 emissions). 100
Max Kleiman-Weiner @maxkw.bsky.social · 05/12/2024However, if they work together and use the resource sustainably, it can persist indefinitely, leading to greater rewards for all. 100
Max Kleiman-Weiner @maxkw.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Many top-down regulatory solutions to this dilemma have been studied in game theory and mechanism design. But is cooperation possible without a mechanism designer? 100
