Emergent Relational Order in LLM Agent Societies: From Collective Affect to Authority Stratification

The article introduces CAREB-MAS, a multi-agent framework designed to explore long-term social structures in agent societies using principles from Affect Control Theory and Social Identity Theory. The framework enables agents to develop egocentric identities and interact based on minimal protocols, leading to the emergence of five key phenomena associated with Differential Order, including stable labor specialization and emergent relational authority. This research highlights the potential of LLM-based simulations to provide insights into social dynamics and structures, which is crucial for practitioners aiming to model complex social interactions in AI systems.