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

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Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 07 September 2011 11:59:20PM *  2 points [-]

This could be fixed with a trivial modification: first check if the opponent source code is identical to your own, and if it is then cooperate. Otherwise run the other bot's source.

However, there's another problem: If DuncanS's strategy plays against a CooperateBot or a random bot, it will throw away a lot of points.

Comment author: wedrifid 09 September 2011 02:23:01AM 0 points [-]

However, there's another problem: If DuncanS's strategy plays against a CooperateBot or a random bot, it will throw away a lot of points.

That is a problem, but fortunately we know that those competitors will be eliminated before the chameleon, whereupon it will begin to improve its performance.