Design of a game where players can outsmart each other while developing an artificial language

What is it about?

The game presented in this article is designed to observe the development of artificial language (communication systems). The game can be used to explore the problem of language evolution based on the Machiavellian intelligence hypothesis that claims environment where agents outsmart each other fosters human intelligence. The behavioral data obtained in this game was analyzed quantitatively and visualization of the data was presented in the article.

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Why is it important?

It has been rare to deal with environments other than coordination when exploring the problem of language evolution in the laboratory. To tackle the complexity of human language, it is needed to include the dilemma of defect and cooperation.