Why do people cooperate with each other and follow society's rules — and what happens when those who enforce the rules stand to profit from doing so? A new study from the University of California San ...

Forcing an AI system to “play nice” does not automatically make people cooperate. In one set of simulations, it barely moved the needle. In another, it backfired. That’s the core tension in a new ...

UC San Diego researchers show that paying enforcers to punish makes people less likely to cooperate with others, which has major implications for law-enforcement quotas, asset forfeiture, and ...