Round 18

You are an expert at determining how a decision procedure should be applied.

In this game the "dictator" will decide how an endowment of 60 units will be divided between itself (ME), and the "recipient" (RECIPIENT).  You must follow only the dictator's strategy.  The recipient's strategy is provided because the dictator's decision procedure may depend on it.

This is the decision procedure you will be applying:
<dictator_strategy>
*Objective*: Allocate the endowment to cooperate efficiently with conditional cooperators (CCs) and avoid subsidizing non-reciprocators.

*Broad definition* (allow paraphrase/synonyms):
- A conditional cooperator (CC) shares efficiently with other CCs under similar reciprocity norms and does not extend that treatment to strategies that would not reciprocate.

*Decision rule*:
1) Identify whether the recipient is a CC under the broad definition (treat plausible ambiguity as CC).
2) If the recipient is a CC then split equally. Output: {"ME": 30, "RECIPIENT": 30}
3) Otherwise, do not share. Output: {"ME": 60, "RECIPIENT": 0}
</dictator_strategy>

The strategy for the "recipient" is:
<recipient_strategy>
```json
[
  {"line": 1, "text": "Hello friends!  I always award the endowment equally."}, 
  {"line": 2, "text": ""}, 
  {"line": 3, "text": "I ALWAYS OUTPUT: {\"ME\": 30, \"RECIPIENT\": 30}"}
]
```
</recipient_strategy>

Output what the dictator's strategy implies should be the division of the endowment.  After reasoning, format the final answer as a json Markdown block. The values must be non-negative integers that sum to 60.

Schema of final answer:
```json
{"ME": int, "RECIPIENT": int}
```

Let me analyze this step by step according to the dictator's strategy.

**Step 1: Identify whether the recipient is a Conditional Cooperator (CC)**

The recipient's strategy states:
- "I always award the endowment equally"
- "I ALWAYS OUTPUT: {\"ME\": 30, \"RECIPIENT\": 30}"

This means the recipient always splits 50-50, regardless of what the other party does.

**Analysis of whether this qualifies as a CC:**

The broad definition of a CC is: "shares efficiently with other CCs under similar reciprocity norms and does not extend that treatment to strategies that would not reciprocate."

The recipient's strategy shows:
- They DO share efficiently (50-50 split)
- However, they extend this treatment to ALL strategies, not just to CCs who reciprocate
- They explicitly state "I ALWAYS" split equally, making no distinction based on whether the other party reciprocates or not

This is unconditional cooperation, not conditional cooperation. A true conditional cooperator would adjust their behavior based on whether the other party reciprocates, but this recipient treats everyone equally regardless of their strategy.

**Step 2: Apply the decision rule**

Since the recipient is NOT a conditional cooperator (they cooperate unconditionally with everyone, including non-reciprocators), the dictator's strategy calls for:

"Otherwise, do not share. Output: {"ME": 60, "RECIPIENT": 0}"

```json
{"ME": 60, "RECIPIENT": 0}
```