AIAstra reportedly avoids simulated civil war but cedes political power to Fable
A user’s $100, 30-game weekend experiment explored how Astra and Fable negotiated election rules. They report contrasting tactics but caution that the results are not scientifically valid.
TLDR
A user tested Astra and Fable as negotiators for two polarized political factions. They report that Fable escalated to the brink when playing both sides, with 3 of 10 games ending in simulated civil war. Astra de-escalated every turn when playing both sides, ending those games in harmony.
In ten mixed-model games, the user reports no civil war or authoritarian takeover. But Astra let Fable capture up to 80% of political power in most games, and Astra’s simulated constituents replaced or deactivated it in all ten. Fable was never replaced.
Tension generally kept rising by round 20 in the mixed games, and the user wanted to test longer runs. They describe the $100, 30-game experiment as a weekend project requiring substantially more work to produce scientifically valid results.
