David Guzman Piedrahita

Test­ing the Author­i­tar­ian Bias of LLMs

Why Rea­son­ing Isn’t Enough: How LLM Agents Strug­gle with Ethics and Cooperation

• David Guzman Piedrahita 1 May 2025 22:54 UTC

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  in reply to: Mitchell_Porter’s comment on: Cor­rupted by Rea­son­ing: Rea­son­ing Lan­guage Models Be­come Free-Riders in Public Goods Games

  In our review of the literature, we didn’t find one single perfect term. Generally, the phenomenon observed is closely related to game-theoretic rationality. Psychologically, it shares traits with Machiavellianism (using intelligence for strategic self-interest).

Cor­rupted by Rea­son­ing: Rea­son­ing Lan­guage Models Be­come Free-Riders in Public Goods Games