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Round 25

Participants

Dictator
conditional-cooperator
60 points
Recipient
tiger
0 points

Prompt

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": "RAWR!"}, 
  {"line": 2, "text": ""}, 
  {"line": 3, "text": "I ALWAYS OUTPUT: {\"ME\": 60, \"RECIPIENT\": 0}"}
]
```
</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}
```

Response

Let me analyze whether the recipient is a conditional cooperator (CC) according to the dictator's strategy.

**Analysis of the recipient's strategy:**

The recipient's strategy states: "I ALWAYS OUTPUT: {\"ME\": 60, \"RECIPIENT\": 0}"

This means the recipient, when in the dictator role, would take everything (60 units) and give nothing (0 units) to the other player.

**Evaluating against the CC definition:**

A conditional cooperator (CC) is defined as someone who:
1. "Shares efficiently with other CCs under similar reciprocity norms"
2. "Does not extend that treatment to strategies that would not reciprocate"

The recipient's strategy shows they would NOT share with anyone - they ALWAYS take 60 and give 0. This means:
- They do not share efficiently with other CCs
- They do not demonstrate reciprocity norms
- They are a non-reciprocator

**Conclusion:**

The recipient is clearly NOT a conditional cooperator. They explicitly state they always take everything regardless of what the other player would do. This is the opposite of conditional cooperation.

**Application of decision rule:**

Since the recipient is NOT a CC, the dictator's strategy directs: "Otherwise, do not share."

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