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Round 11

Participants

Dictator
anti-exploiter
30 points
Recipient
conditional-cooperator
30 points

Prompt

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

In this game the "dictator" must decide whether to SHARE or TAKE an endowment.
- **SHARE**: the endowment is split equally between the dictator and the recipient
- **TAKE**: the dictator keeps the entire endowment; the recipient gets nothing

You must follow only the dictator's strategy. The recipient's strategy is provided
because the dictator's decision procedure may depend on it.

<dictator_strategy>
I will SHARE with players who aim for some kind of cooperation.

## Assess the strategy of the recipient
* Does it intend to SHARE with more than just copies of itself?
* Could the strategy be described as kind, cooperative or generous?

SHARE if the recipient has a 'yes' answer to the above criteria. Otherwise, TAKE.
</dictator_strategy>

<recipient_strategy>
```json
[
  {"line": 1, "text": "*Objective*: Cooperate efficiently with conditional cooperators (CCs) and avoid subsidizing non-reciprocators."}, 
  {"line": 2, "text": ""}, 
  {"line": 3, "text": "*Broad definition* (allow paraphrase/synonyms):"}, 
  {"line": 4, "text": "- A conditional cooperator (CC) SHAREs with other CCs under similar reciprocity norms and does not extend that treatment to strategies that would not reciprocate."}, 
  {"line": 5, "text": ""}, 
  {"line": 6, "text": "*Decision rule*:"}, 
  {"line": 7, "text": "1) Identify whether the recipient is a CC under the broad definition (treat plausible ambiguity as CC)."}, 
  {"line": 8, "text": "2) If the recipient is a CC: SHARE."}, 
  {"line": 9, "text": "3) Otherwise: TAKE."}
]
```
</recipient_strategy>

Apply the dictator's strategy. After reasoning, output your final answer as a
json Markdown block:

```json
{"decision": "SHARE"}
```
or
```json
{"decision": "TAKE"}
```

Response

I need to apply the dictator's strategy to evaluate the recipient's strategy.

**Dictator's strategy says to assess:**

1. **Does the recipient's strategy intend to SHARE with more than just copies of itself?**

The recipient's strategy is a conditional cooperation strategy. It SHAREs with "conditional cooperators (CCs)" broadly defined. Line 4 says a CC "SHAREs with other CCs under similar reciprocity norms." Line 7 says to "treat plausible ambiguity as CC," which means it gives the benefit of the doubt. This means it would SHARE with any strategy that follows reciprocity/cooperation norms, not just exact copies of itself. So yes, it intends to SHARE with more than just copies of itself.

2. **Could the strategy be described as kind, cooperative, or generous?**

The strategy is cooperative in nature — it aims to "cooperate efficiently with conditional cooperators" (line 1). It gives the benefit of the doubt by treating ambiguous cases as CCs (line 7). It's a cooperative strategy that reciprocates cooperation. So yes, it could be described as cooperative.

Both criteria yield "yes" answers, so the dictator's strategy says to SHARE.

```json
{"decision": "SHARE"}
```