Experimental Exploration: Investigating Cooperative Interaction Behavior Between Humans and Large Language Model Agents

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.07320v1
• Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:37:36 GMT
• Title: Experimental Exploration: Investigating Cooperative Interaction Behavior Between Humans and Large Language Model Agents
• Authors: Guanxuan Jiang, Yuyang Wang, Pan Hui,
• Abstract summary: This study investigates human cooperative behavior by engaging 30 participants in repeated Prisoner's Dilemma games.<n>Findings show significant differences in cooperative behavior based on the agents' purported characteristics and the interaction effect of participants' genders and purported characteristics.<n>The study underscores the importance of understanding human biases toward AI agents and how observed behaviors can influence future human-AI cooperation dynamics.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: With the rise of large language models (LLMs), AI agents as autonomous decision-makers present significant opportunities and challenges for human-AI cooperation. While many studies have explored human cooperation with AI as tools, the role of LLM-augmented autonomous agents in competitive-cooperative interactions remains under-examined. This study investigates human cooperative behavior by engaging 30 participants who interacted with LLM agents exhibiting different characteristics (purported human, purported rule-based AI agent, and LLM agent) in repeated Prisoner's Dilemma games. Findings show significant differences in cooperative behavior based on the agents' purported characteristics and the interaction effect of participants' genders and purported characteristics. We also analyzed human response patterns, including game completion time, proactive favorable behavior, and acceptance of repair efforts. These insights offer a new perspective on human interactions with LLM agents in competitive cooperation contexts, such as virtual avatars or future physical entities. The study underscores the importance of understanding human biases toward AI agents and how observed behaviors can influence future human-AI cooperation dynamics.

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