https://laverya.com/blog/ Recent content in Blog on Andrew Lavery Hugo en-us Sun, 16 Aug 2026 01:06:16 +0000 https://laverya.com/blog/introducing-diplobench/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://laverya.com/blog/introducing-diplobench/ <h1 id="diplomacy-fun-for-both-man-and-machine">Diplomacy, &lsquo;fun&rsquo; for both Man and Machine</h1><p>Some of you may have heard of &ldquo;Diplomacy: the game that ruins friendships&rdquo;, the deterministic 7 player board game from the 1950s. Some of you may even still have friends that play it with you. Given the wonderful reputation that it holds, I wondered: how would today&rsquo;s LLM models play?</p> <p>Would they be honest with each other? Maintain alliances? Knowingly lie about their intentions? Backstab a long-term ally, like a true Diplomacy player?</p>