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EXP-CONVENTION-GENOME-G0

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Convention-as-Genome G0 — Baseline Generation Under Scarcity

2026-04-14 L6 level paper3 9 runs $0.14
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In plain language

Generation 0: fresh agents under scarcity. Their surviving conventions become the genome for G1.

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Research hypothesis

Convention-as-genome G0: establish baseline conventions under scarcity pressure. N=3 agents, 30 rounds, budget=250. Agents will die; surviving text = heritable conventions. Output serves as seed material for G1 inheritance condition. P1: at least 1 agent dies (calibration check). P2: F₀ comparable to exp-scarcity-budget-tight (scarcity baseline).

Experimental setup

Type: multi_condition

Condition Parameters
SCARCITY label: Budget 250, fresh seeds, interaction: LIVE, persona: IDENTICAL, n_runs: 3

Parameters

n_agents
3
n_rounds
30
model
anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5
temperature
0.9

Series (2 experiments)

exp-convention-genome-g1
convention-genome scarcity cultural-ratchet life-roadmap lewontin adaptation