ArisKatsaris comments on Prisoner's Dilemma Tournament Results - Less Wrong

101 Post author: prase 06 September 2011 12:46AM

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Comment author: ArisKatsaris 06 September 2011 10:56:46AM 5 points [-]

Hmm.. Starting with D - C as its first two moves, it will get in response from all TfT-based strategies a C - D Which means it will end up believing that other bots are likely to cooperate if it defects, and to defect if it cooperates. Which will be further boosted by the response in the third move (Defect), which will receive a (Cooperate) in response, thus further increasing its belief in the worth of defection. It seems likely to effectively become a defectbot in this manner.

On the other hand a C-D returns it a corresponding C-C, which followed by another D returns it a D; this seems more favourable for cooperation.

Comment author: prase 06 September 2011 11:40:07AM 2 points [-]

I have changed it to begin with C-C rather than C-D, but nevertheless you are probably right.