Artificial Leviathan: Exploring Social Evolution of LLM Agents Through the Lens of Hobbesian Social Contract Theory

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The emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) and advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) offer an opportunity for computational social science research at scale.

• Building upon prior explorations of LLM agent design, our work introduces a simulated agent society where complex social relationships dynamically form and evolve over time.
• Agents are imbued with psychological drives and placed in a sandbox survival environment.
• We conduct an evaluation of the agent society through the lens of Thomas Hobbes's seminal Social Contract Theory (SCT).