In simulations, increasing the reflection reward produces a sharp threshold-driven transition around r ≈ 1.5, beyond which responsible AI use with meaningful reflection dominates and opportunistic AI use collapses¶

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q2 i? In finite-population simulations, responsible AI use with meaningful reflection rapidly becomes dominant once the reflection reward passes a critical threshold near r ≈ 1.5, while opportunistic AI use collapses. → Ndidi Bianca Ogbo 2026

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Ndidi Bianca Ogbo 2026¶

Ndidi Bianca Ogbo, Zhao Song, Shatha Ghareeb, and The Anh Han. (2026). Mathematical Modelling of Ethical AI Use in Higher Education: A Coordination Game Framework for Future-Facing Learning. https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.27400 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2605.27400

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Numerical simulation results shown in Figure 1: stationary frequencies of four AI-use strategies computed from a small-mutation Markov chain over homogeneous states (N = 100, β = 0.1). The article reports that "a sharp transition occurs around a critical threshold of r ≈ 1.5". No effect size is printed.

"As the reflection reward increases, a sharp transition occurs around a critical threshold of r ≈ 1.5. Beyond this point, responsible AI use coupled with meaningful reflection rapidly becomes the dominant strategy, while opportunistic AI use correspondingly collapses."

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