The previous two posts in this series described how research was done to find if language clues could predict when a betrayal was about to happen, and what the researchers found. One thing they found was that humans are bad at spotting impending betrayal in a game of Diplomacy. There are clear clues. A betrayerContinue reading “Harbingers of Betrayal: Lessons”
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Harbingers of Betrayal: Findings
In the previous post in this series I explained that, in July 2015, a paper was published that had looked at whether there were any clues in language that might indicate a friendship was about to end. This research was based on a study of online Diplomacy games. So, what did they find out? Well,Continue reading “Harbingers of Betrayal: Findings”
Harbingers of Betrayal: Introduction
In July 2015 the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) published a research paper called “Linguistic Harbingers of Betrayal: A Case Study on an Online Strategy Game” and, surprise surprise, that game was Diplomacy. It makes for interesting reading, although Dippyists with some experience would probably say that the findings are fairly intuitive. And, let’s faceContinue reading “Harbingers of Betrayal: Introduction”
THE DIPLOMATICON 