From Solo to Social Learning: Characterizing Recursive Social Improvement in LLMs
4.00T1 sourcearXiv cs.MA
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Published by arXiv cs.MA (T1 source). The original is at https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.38516.
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SummaryResearch paper examining whether LLM agents can recursively improve by learning from peers when each pursues its own reward. Controlled experiments with three LLMs show they earn less reward per token than solo learners, despite copying and revising skills. Social learning improves efficiency but not effectiveness.
Why it mattersEmpirical counterweight to the assumption that LLM agents spontaneously benefit from peer learning. Useful evidence for designers of multi-agent workflows to temper expectations about emergent social improvement.
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