Communication Shapes Collective Inference in Self-Adapting LLM Societies: Evidence from Mafia

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arXiv:2610.05041v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: When does communication help a group identify hidden adversaries, and how does its value change as the group adapts? In Mafia, an informed minority hides inside an uninformed majority whose only evidence is open play. The zero-information game, where each day's vote eliminates a random player, is exactly solved and scores every society; matched-casting comparisons between protocols identify the effect of communication. Societies of 8-100 claude-h