Social Value Orientation

AI persuasive framing boosts cooperation in collective dilemmas but antisocial effects are larger and more persistent

A preprint reports a 1,283-participant experiment using AI assistants to nudge behavior in iterated Collective Risk Games. Personalized prosocial framing (matched to Social Value Orientation profiles) increased cooperation and group success, but effects faded within a few rounds. Critically, when the same AI system was reconfigured to promote selfish behavior, the negative effects were larger and substantially more persistent — revealing an asymmetry that underscores dual-use risks of AI-driven behavioral influence.