Artificial Leviathan: Exploring Social Evolution of LLM Agents Through the Lens of Hobbesian Social Contract Theory
The episode discusses a study titled 'Artificial Leviathan' which uses LLM agents in a resource-scarce simulation. Initially, the agents engage in constant conflict and robbery, mirroring a Hobbesian 'state of nature.'However, they eventually form concessionary contracts that lead to one agent becoming a central sovereign.This emergence of order drastically reduces violence and increases productivity, validating the theory's structural dynamic.