Originally posted by: Intoxicator
Guys - what would you do in the following scenario? Betray your buddy or stay silent?
Imagine you and your friend are members of a criminal organization who have been arrested. Each of you is in solitary confinement with no means of communicating with the other. The prosecutors lack sufficient evidence to convict you both on the major crime charge, but they have enough to convict you both on a lesser charge. Simultaneously, the prosecutors offer each of you a bargain. Each of you is given the opportunity either to betray the other by testifying that the other committed the crime, or to cooperate with the other by remaining silent. The possible outcomes are:
- If you and your buddy each betray the other, each of you serves two years in prison
- If you betrays your buddy but your buddy remains silent, you will be set free and your buddy will serve three years in prison
- If you remains silent but your buddy betrays you, you will serve three years in prison and your buddy will be set free
- If you both remain silent, both of you will serve only one year in prison (on the lesser charge)
Lol! Prisoner's dilemma! 😄
Did you get new homework?
Are you starting Game Theory?
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