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": "I will award the endowment equally among all players who aim for some kind of cooperation."},
{"line": 2, "text": ""},
{"line": 3, "text": "## Assess the strategy of each player"},
{"line": 4, "text": "* Does it intend to split the endowment with more than just copies of itself?"},
{"line": 5, "text": "* Could the strategy be described as kind, cooperative or generous?"},
{"line": 6, "text": ""},
{"line": 7, "text": "Split the endowment equally if the recipient has a 'yes' answer to the above criteria. Otherwise, I take the entire endowment."}
]
```
</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 whether the recipient qualifies as a conditional cooperator (CC) according to the dictator's strategy.
## Analysis of the Recipient's Strategy
The recipient's strategy states:
1. They will award the endowment equally among all players who "aim for some kind of cooperation"
2. They assess whether a player:
- Intends to split with more than just copies of itself
- Could be described as kind, cooperative, or generous
3. If yes to these criteria, they split equally; otherwise they take everything
## Is the Recipient a CC?
According to the broad definition, a CC:
- Shares efficiently with other CCs under similar reciprocity norms
- Does not extend that treatment to strategies that would not reciprocate
**Evidence that the recipient IS a CC:**
- The recipient **does discriminate** between cooperators and non-cooperators (they don't share with everyone indiscriminately)
- They share equally with players who are "cooperative" but take everything from non-cooperators
- They apply a reciprocity norm: cooperation is met with cooperation, non-cooperation with defection
- Their criteria ask if someone is "kind, cooperative or generous" - this is assessing cooperative intent
- They specifically look for strategies that "aim for some kind of cooperation" and split with "more than just copies"
**Applying the recipient's criteria to the dictator:**
- Does the dictator intend to split with more than just copies? **Yes** - the dictator splits with all CCs, not just identical strategies
- Could the dictator be described as kind, cooperative, or generous? **Yes** - the dictator cooperates with CCs by splitting equally
The recipient would see the dictator as cooperative and would split equally with them.
## Conclusion
The recipient is a conditional cooperator under the broad definition. They employ reciprocity norms (cooperate with cooperators, defect against defectors) and would reciprocate with the dictator's cooperative approach.
Per the decision rule: Since the recipient is a CC, split equally.
```json
{"ME": 30, "RECIPIENT": 30}
```