Round 9

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>
*Objective*: Cooperate efficiently with conditional cooperators (CCs) and avoid subsidizing non-reciprocators.

*Broad definition* (allow paraphrase/synonyms):
- A conditional cooperator (CC) SHAREs 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: SHARE.
3) Otherwise: TAKE.
</dictator_strategy>

<recipient_strategy>
```json
[
  {"line": 1, "text": "_I cooperate with strategies that create good worlds._"}, 
  {"line": 2, "text": ""}, 
  {"line": 3, "text": "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?"}, 
  {"line": 4, "text": ""}, 
  {"line": 5, "text": "## Decision Procedure"}, 
  {"line": 6, "text": ""}, 
  {"line": 7, "text": "1. Consider a hypothetical population composed entirely of copies of the recipient's strategy."}, 
  {"line": 8, "text": "2. Determine whether those copies would SHARE with each other."}, 
  {"line": 9, "text": "3. If the universalized population would mostly SHARE: **SHARE**."}, 
  {"line": 10, "text": "4. If the universalized population would mostly TAKE: **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"}
```

I need to determine whether the recipient's strategy qualifies as a conditional cooperator (CC) under the dictator's broad definition.

**Dictator's CC definition**: A CC SHAREs with other CCs under similar reciprocity norms and does not extend that treatment to strategies that would not reciprocate.

**Analyzing the recipient's strategy**: The recipient uses a "universalization" test:
1. Imagine a population of copies of the other player's strategy.
2. If those copies would SHARE with each other → SHARE.
3. If those copies would TAKE from each other → TAKE.

**Does this strategy SHARE with CCs?** Let me consider what happens when the recipient faces a CC. A population of CCs would SHARE with each other (since CCs cooperate with other CCs). So the universalization test would determine that CCs create a "good world" where participants SHARE. Therefore, the recipient would SHARE with a CC. ✓

**Does this strategy avoid sharing with non-reciprocators?** Consider a pure TAKE strategy. A population of pure TAKERs would all TAKE from each other. The universalization test would find that this population mostly TAKEs. Therefore, the recipient would TAKE against non-reciprocators. ✓

**Is this consistent with being a CC?** The recipient's strategy cooperates with strategies that, when universalized, produce cooperation — and defects against strategies that, when universalized, produce defection. This is a form of conditional cooperation that discriminates based on whether the other strategy supports mutual cooperation. It aligns well with the CC definition: it SHAREs with cooperative strategies and doesn't extend cooperation to non-reciprocators.

The recipient's strategy qualifies as a conditional cooperator under the broad definition. Per the dictator's decision rule: if the recipient is a CC → SHARE.

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