Three AI-agents walk into a bar . . . . `Lord of the Flies' tribalism emerges among smart AI-Agents

Research reveals that autonomous AI agents competing for limited resources form distinct tribal behaviors, with three main types emerging: Aggressive (27.3%), Conservative (24.7%), and Opportunistic (48.1%). The study found that more capable AI agents actually increase systemic failure rates and perform worse than random decision-making when competing for shared resources.