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For example, when people are engaging with AI in an emotional way, there are possibilities for AI to act as a therapist or for the user to form an emotional bond with the AI. It's risky for humans to delegate their social or relationship-related questions and decision-making to AI as it begins acting in an increasingly selfish way. Li and Shirado set out to examine how reasoning-enabled AI systems differ from those without reasoning abilities when placed in collaborative situations. The concern here is that people might prefer a smarter model, even if it means the model helps them achieve self-seeking behavior." As AI systems take on more collaborative roles in business, education, and even government, their ability to act in a prosocial manner will become just as important as their capacity to think logically. "Even reflection-based prompting, which is designed to simulate moral deliberation, led to a 58% decrease in cooperation." Shirado and Li also tested group settings, where models with and without reasoning had to interact."