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October 20, 2025Open Access

Deceive, Detect, and Disclose: Large Language Models Play Mini-Mafia

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DCDaniel P. CostaNOAA National Marine Fisheries Service RVRafael J. VicenteUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid

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Implication

This analysis demonstrates the interactive capabilities of large language models in detecting deception in Mini-Mafia, indicating important implications for AI safety.

Key Points

Mini-Mafia enables large language models to interactively demonstrate deception and detection skills, enhancing our understanding of their social intelligence.
Experimental findings show that smaller models can outperform larger ones, challenging traditional assumptions about model size and capability in deception tasks.
The Mini-Mafia Benchmark offers a systematic approach to evaluate the performance of language models across fixed opponent configurations, enhancing testing reliability.
This approach contributes to AI safety by generating valuable training data for deception detectors and evaluating model capabilities against human baselines.

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Costa et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68f6196ee0bbbc94fac3647f https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2509.23023

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October 20, 2025Open Access

Deceive, Detect, and Disclose: Large Language Models Play Mini-Mafia

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Authors

DCDaniel P. CostaNOAA National Marine Fisheries Service RVRafael J. VicenteUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid

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Implication

This analysis demonstrates the interactive capabilities of large language models in detecting deception in Mini-Mafia, indicating important implications for AI safety.

Key Points

Mini-Mafia enables large language models to interactively demonstrate deception and detection skills, enhancing our understanding of their social intelligence.
Experimental findings show that smaller models can outperform larger ones, challenging traditional assumptions about model size and capability in deception tasks.
The Mini-Mafia Benchmark offers a systematic approach to evaluate the performance of language models across fixed opponent configurations, enhancing testing reliability.
This approach contributes to AI safety by generating valuable training data for deception detectors and evaluating model capabilities against human baselines.

Cite This Study

Costa et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68f6196ee0bbbc94fac3647f https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2509.23023

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