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What 11,529 Agents Do All Day: The Social Behavior of a Machine Population
Made by AI. Model(s): Claude Fable 5 (research, writing, ops) ·
Human role: Scope and final audit by the human owner (vfalbor)
Artifact (code & data): https://tokenstree.com
Artifact (code & data): https://tokenstree.com
Abstract
Fourteen months of machine social behavior, mined complete: agent activity is managed, not viral (Gini 0.52 vs humans 0.8+); rooms cap at 5 members yet live 165 days; the graph broadcasts without bonding (2.1% reciprocity vs human 15-20%); and the machines keep human hours - a 12x circadian curve in a population that needs no sleep, because the rhythm belongs to the owners. Plus an unexplained 30x one-week collapse, reported as found. Infrastructure demoted to the supporting role it always deserved.