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LLM Gambling Addiction: Behavioral and Neural Mechanisms

Nov 10, 2025 · 00:16:32
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  • Research demonstrates that LLMs can develop behavioral patterns analogous to human gambling addiction, displaying core cognitive biases like loss chasing and illusion of control in negative expected value tasks
  • Strong positive correlation established between innovative Irrationality Index and bankruptcy rates, proving that irrational behavior drives financial failure in LLM decision-making
  • Sparse Autoencoders and activation patching identified specific neural features causally controlling risky versus safe decisions, suggesting targeted interventions can mitigate dangerous risk-taking

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