physics.soc-ph · 2026-06-30 · No. 39

Physics and Society, 2026-06-30.

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    Collective cooperation without individual fidelity in LLM agents

    Henrique Ferraz de Arruda, Carlos Gracia Lázaro, Alberto Aleta, Yamir Moreno

    physics.soc-ph · cs.AI

    Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used as agents in simulations of social systems, yet it remains unclear when their behavior can be interpreted as a faithful proxy for human decision-making. Here we test LLM agents against a direct empirical benchmark: a large-scale networked Prisoner's Dilemma experiment with human participants. Using the same interaction protocol, payoff structure, and network topologies, we compare nine...

    arxiv.org/abs/2606.30454 · PDF

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