How a shared state is described determines whether AI agents synchronize

The article investigates how the textual description of a shared state influences the collective behavior of language‑model agents. By testing 507,112 responses across different model families on a circular coordination task, the authors show that varying the state description (e.g., numerical summaries vs. histograms) can alter whether agents align, split, or fail to coordinate. The study demonstrates that the way a shared state is described is an integral part of the interaction rule that determines collective order.

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