CompeteAI: Understanding the Competition Dynamics in Large Language Model-based Agents

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Hauptverfasser: Zhao, Qinlin, Wang, Jindong, Zhang, Yixuan, Jin, Yiqiao, Zhu, Kaijie, Chen, Hao, Xie, Xing
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author Zhao, Qinlin
Wang, Jindong
Zhang, Yixuan
Jin, Yiqiao
Zhu, Kaijie
Chen, Hao
Xie, Xing
author_facet Zhao, Qinlin
Wang, Jindong
Zhang, Yixuan
Jin, Yiqiao
Zhu, Kaijie
Chen, Hao
Xie, Xing
contents Large language models (LLMs) have been widely used as agents to complete different tasks, such as personal assistance or event planning. While most of the work has focused on cooperation and collaboration between agents, little work explores competition, another important mechanism that promotes the development of society and economy. In this paper, we seek to examine the competition dynamics in LLM-based agents. We first propose a general framework for studying the competition between agents. Then, we implement a practical competitive environment using GPT-4 to simulate a virtual town with two types of agents, restaurant agents and customer agents. Specifically, the restaurant agents compete with each other to attract more customers, where competition encourages them to transform, such as cultivating new operating strategies. Simulation experiments reveal several interesting findings at the micro and macro levels, which align well with existing market and sociological theories. We hope that the framework and environment can be a promising testbed to study competition that fosters understanding of society. Code is available at: https://github.com/microsoft/competeai.
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spellingShingle CompeteAI: Understanding the Competition Dynamics in Large Language Model-based Agents
Zhao, Qinlin
Wang, Jindong
Zhang, Yixuan
Jin, Yiqiao
Zhu, Kaijie
Chen, Hao
Xie, Xing
Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Language
Human-Computer Interaction
Multiagent Systems
Large language models (LLMs) have been widely used as agents to complete different tasks, such as personal assistance or event planning. While most of the work has focused on cooperation and collaboration between agents, little work explores competition, another important mechanism that promotes the development of society and economy. In this paper, we seek to examine the competition dynamics in LLM-based agents. We first propose a general framework for studying the competition between agents. Then, we implement a practical competitive environment using GPT-4 to simulate a virtual town with two types of agents, restaurant agents and customer agents. Specifically, the restaurant agents compete with each other to attract more customers, where competition encourages them to transform, such as cultivating new operating strategies. Simulation experiments reveal several interesting findings at the micro and macro levels, which align well with existing market and sociological theories. We hope that the framework and environment can be a promising testbed to study competition that fosters understanding of society. Code is available at: https://github.com/microsoft/competeai.
title CompeteAI: Understanding the Competition Dynamics in Large Language Model-based Agents
topic Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Language
Human-Computer Interaction
Multiagent Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.17512