Tapes Together Strong: The Co-evolution of Computation and Cooperation
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arXiv:2609.10817v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: How does cooperation evolve in complex agentic systems? Prior work in evolutionary game theory studies why individuals are incentivized to cooperate by isolating social interactions from the physical costs of behavior, while artificial life models traditionally study emergent self-replication without formalizing the dilemma between acquiring resources and preserving the shared energy needed to reproduce. In contrast, we introduce Autopoietic Game Theory, a computational model where social interactions, replication mechanisms, and their associat
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- arXiv:2609.10817v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: How does cooperation evolve in complex agentic systems?
- Prior work in evolutionary game theory studies why individuals are incentivized to cooperate by isolating social interactions from the physical costs of behavior, while artificial life models traditionally study emergent self-replication without formalizing the dilemma between acquiring resources and preserving the shared energy needed to reproduce.
- In contrast, we introduce Autopoietic Game Theory, a computational model where social interactions, replication mechanisms, and their associat
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