Cooperation Without Adaptation: LLM Agents in a Collective-Risk Dilemma

The study investigates whether five large language‑model agents adapt their contributions in a collective‑risk dilemma game. Across ten rounds, most models maintained a roughly fixed contribution level regardless of changing risk or partner behavior, and many continued to contribute even when it offered no payoff advantage. The results reveal that cooperative self‑play does not necessarily indicate strategic adaptability, and that agents’ responses to incentives, partner actions, and population composition vary significantly.

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• llms
• agents
• reinforcement-learning