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SNRatio t1_jaxt7ik wrote

Reply to comment by gromolko in Game Theory's ultimate answer to real world dilemmas: "Generous Tit for Tat" by TryingTruly

In some of the tournaments described in the thread, after each round winning strategies reproduce and take up more seats in the next round. Losing strategies get fewer seats in the next round. I would guess that the slave strategies would quickly fall out of the competition. How would the masters fare against generous tit for tat without slaves? Instead of cults, this could be a model for tribalism.

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gromolko t1_jaziow5 wrote

I imagine it would be possible to programm a multi level hierarchy so that "point providers" (although probably not the "suicide bombers" ) can still give an advantage to their higher-ups in later iterations of the tournament. Also, I imagine having a lot of offspring from the first iteration gives a statistical advantage to the "masters" , especially since they just can use a forgiving tit for tat strategy when their opponent doesn't identify as a member of the cult.

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emelrad12 t1_jb008lk wrote

Masters become slaves to keep a ratio of 70%.

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