Joey Xiao

Communication Shapes Collective Inference in Self-Adapting LLM Societies: Evidence from Mafia

When does communication help a group identify hidden adversaries, and how does its value change as the group adapts? In Mafia, an informed minority hides inside an uninformed majority whose only evidence is open play. The zero-information game, where each day's vote eliminates a random player, is exactly solved and sco...