The prisoner's dilemma describes a situation in which two parties act on an incentive to protect themselves at the expense of the other. Find out how it works in economics.

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The growing ubiquity of artificial intelligence (AI) in applications is rapidly changing everyday life, underscoring the need to understand its social intelligence. A new AI study examines the social ...

'Instant Scholar' is a Times of India initiative to make academic research accessible to a wider audience. If you are a Ph.D. scholar and would like to publish a summary of your research in this ...