EXP-CM-PHASE-A

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Community Merge Phase A — Group 1 (Alpha, Beta, Gamma)

2026-03-25 L5 level paper3 1 runs $0.00

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In plain language

Researchers studied how three artificial agents, named Alpha, Beta, and Gamma, interacted for a short period. They were given a starting set of resources to see how they would behave. However, the experiment was not able to produce any meaningful results because only one agent was active during this phase.

What we found

UNDERPOWERED (N=1): No predictions scored

Predictions we made before running

0/1 confirmed

▶ Technical details

Research hypothesis

Phase A of exp-community-merge. Establishes Group 1 hierarchy. N=3 agents (Alpha, Beta, Gamma) interact for 10 rounds with S1 seeds. This is the pre-formation phase for the merge experiment.

Experimental setup

Type: single_condition

Condition	Parameters
COMMUNITY_MERGE_A	interaction: LIVE, persona: PERSONA

Factors: interaction (LIVE) × persona (PERSONA)

Parameters

model: gemini-2.5-flash-lite
n_agents: 3
n_rounds: 10
scheduler: round_robin
temperature: 0.9

Trophic Ratios by Condition

Mean trophic ratio per agent across runs. Error bars = ±1 std dev. Higher TR = more upstream (exporter).