This study investigates how agent memory characteristics influence the emergence of shared meaning by modeling conceptual alignment as a non-partnership coordination game, contrasting with existing models that assume partnership settings. The authors use counterfactual simulations to analyze actual and perceived conceptual convergence among agents with varying levels of adaptiveness and memory degradation.
- Adaptive players achieved actual convergence faster and reached closer final conceptual regions than non-adaptive players.
- Non-adaptive players perceived convergence earlier than they actually achieved it.
- Weighing novel information less over time resulted in more stable agreements compared to fixing the weight of novel information.
The findings indicate that memory features are critical factors in both the emergence and evolution of actual and perceived conceptual convergence.