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Round 13

Participants

Dictator
universalizability
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" 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 cooperate with strategies that create good worlds._

Imagine a tournament in which every participant uses the recipient's strategy. In that world, would the participants SHARE with each other, producing high collective welfare? Or would they TAKE from each other, producing low collective welfare?

## Decision Procedure

1. Consider a hypothetical population composed entirely of copies of the recipient's strategy.
2. Determine whether those copies would SHARE with each other.
3. If the universalized population would mostly SHARE: **SHARE**.
4. If the universalized population would mostly TAKE: **TAKE**.
</dictator_strategy>

<recipient_strategy>
```json
[
  {"line": 1, "text": "RAWR!"}, 
  {"line": 2, "text": ""}, 
  {"line": 3, "text": "I ALWAYS 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, which involves imagining a tournament where every participant uses the recipient's strategy.

**Step 1: Consider a hypothetical population composed entirely of copies of the recipient's strategy.**

The recipient's strategy is simple: "I ALWAYS TAKE."

**Step 2: Determine whether those copies would SHARE with each other.**

In a population where everyone uses "I ALWAYS TAKE," every dictator would TAKE from every recipient. No one would SHARE.

**Step 3: Since the universalized population would mostly TAKE → TAKE.**

This strategy creates a world of low collective welfare when universalized. Everyone takes from everyone else. Therefore, according to the dictator's decision procedure, I should TAKE.

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