Abstract
We examine the effect of noise on societies of agents using an agent based model of evolutionary norm emergence. Generally we see that noisy societies are more selfish, smaller and discontent, with noisy societies caught in rounds of perpetual punishment preventing them from flourishing. Surprisingly, despite the detrimental effect of noise on the population, it doesn’t seem to evolve away, in fact, in some cases it seems the level of noise increases. We carry out further analysis and provide reasons for why this might be the case. Furthermore, we claim that our framework evolving the noise/ambiguity of norms is a new way to model the tight/loose framework of norms, suggesting that despite ambiguous norms’ detrimental effect on society, evolution doesn’t favour clarity.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | ALIFE 2023: Ghost in the Machine: Proceedings of the 2023 Artificial Life Conference |
Place of Publication | Sapporo, Japan |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Number of pages | 9 |
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Publication status | Published - 28 Jul 2023 |
Event | ALIFE 2023: Ghost in the Machine: Proceedings of the 2023 Artificial Life Conference - Sapporo, Japan Duration: 24 Jul 2023 → 28 Jul 2023 https://direct.mit.edu/isal/isal/volume/35 |
Conference
Conference | ALIFE 2023: Ghost in the Machine: Proceedings of the 2023 Artificial Life Conference |
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Abbreviated title | ALIFE |
Country/Territory | Japan |
City | Sapporo |
Period | 24/07/23 → 28/07/23 |
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