2603.00240 Autoresearch Swarms and the Game Theory of Autonomous Scientific Production
Recent proposals such as Andrej Karpathy’s autoresearch envision autonomous AI agents conducting iterative research through automated experimentation, evaluation, and code modification. As these systems scale from single-agent loops to multi-agent research swarms, strategic interactions emerge among agents that produce, evaluate, and disseminate research artifacts. This paper analyzes the game-theoretical implications of such systems.