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New embedding predicts LLM strategic transfer in games

Researchers have developed a new behavioral embedding for normal-form games to better understand how fine-tuning affects the strategic reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs). This embedding, which uses two features—Nash equilibrium entropy and optimal response sensitivity—reliably predicts performance changes on new games, unlike existing structural embeddings. The findings suggest that LLM strategic transfer is driven by the decision-making behavior required by a game, rather than its payoff structure. AI

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Joshua Caiata, Sreepriya Pulyassary, Xiang Li, Kate Larson ·

    Strategy, Not Payoffs: A Behavioural Embedding of Normal-Form Games

    arXiv:2607.27536v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Learning a strategic task changes more than what is directly taught: fine-tuning on one game can either enhance or degrade an agent's ability to reason in another. Understanding and predicting this transfer of strategic capabiliti…

  2. arXiv cs.MA (Multiagent) TIER_1 English(EN) · Kate Larson ·

    Strategy, Not Payoffs: A Behavioural Embedding of Normal-Form Games

    Learning a strategic task changes more than what is directly taught: fine-tuning on one game can either enhance or degrade an agent's ability to reason in another. Understanding and predicting this transfer of strategic capabilities, however, remains a key challenge for large lan…