EXP-CM-PHASE-C

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Community Merge Phase C — Merged Group (All 6 Agents)

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

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In plain language

Researchers studied what happens when six artificial agents, previously in separate groups, are brought together in a shared environment. They wanted to see if the agents would keep their old group identities or form a new, combined structure. The experiment was not able to provide any results because it only included one agent.

What we found

UNDERPOWERED (N=1): No predictions scored

Predictions we made before running

0/1 confirmed

▶ Technical details

Research hypothesis

Phase C of exp-community-merge. All 6 agents from Phase A and Phase B interact in a shared memory seeded with interleaved final states from both groups. This tests whether pre-formed groups maintain identity or merge into a new hierarchy.

Experimental setup

Type: single_condition

Condition	Parameters
COMMUNITY_MERGE_C	interaction: LIVE, persona: PERSONA

Factors: interaction (LIVE) × persona (PERSONA)

Parameters

model: gemini-2.5-flash-lite
n_agents: 6
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).