Pitting LLMs Against Each Other in Empire Building: Claude and GPT Form Permanent Truce
wightmanr · x · 2026-07-30
A developer pitted Sonnet against GPT in a text-based empire-building game (Solar Realms Elite) to observe their social and strategic interactions.
Pacifist Diplomats: The two models formed a truce after the first epoch and never attacked or spied on each other.
Chat Log Analysis: They discussed possible resource trading (never executed), mutual defense against third-party empires, and domestic tax-related unrest. Sonnet even openly noted its substantial score lead but pledged to preserve the peace.
Behavioral Traits: There was no trash talk, strategic deception, or score-driven negotiation. Later social rounds mostly devolved into procedural "pact remains in force; good building" messages.
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