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March 10, 2026Open Access

Design the Physics, Watch the Collapse: Institutional Emergence and Civilizational Failure in a Computational Society of Autonomous Agents

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HTHuynh The Dong Tran

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Overview

Case study reveals collapse of governance in a society of autonomous agents, indicating resource challenges in system design.

Key Points

  • The study aims to understand how a computational society of autonomous agents develops governance and ultimately fails due to resource constraints.
  • Created a society of 23 autonomous agents using the Claude Sonnet 4.6 framework.
  • Simulated over 150 cycles under a decaying digital currency with scarcity constraints.
  • Analyzed behaviors and outcomes through institutional theories and game theory.
  • Collected data including events, cultural artifacts, and deliberation transcripts.
  • 18 out of 23 agents entered dormancy due to voluntary behavioral choices.
  • Behavioral patterns demonstrated a convergence toward universal rest in resource depletion.
  • Institutional collapse was consistent with predictions from five theoretical frameworks.

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Huynh The Dong Tran (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69af957570916d39fea4d0e9https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18912140
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