Prisoners Dilemma (Essay Sample)

Prisoner's Dilemma Student's Name Institutional Affiliation Course Code and Title Instructor's Details Assignment Due Date Prisoners Dilemma A prisoner's dilemma is a situation where two players have two alternatives, and the results are dependent on the choices of the other. This situation is sometimes described by two convicts choosing whether to confess to the crime independently. In our case here, two convicts, Jessy and frank, are under the DA's control. The DA is trying to ask both Jessy and Frank questions to try and get both of them to confess and get their penalty. The convicts are in a dilemma as they are trying to get to the point of no penalty, which is 0. The game starts with Jessy and frank planning to stay mum in the lower right cell, which means they are both in an equal state and will lose by -2. They will view the situation as a loss to both of them and will try to minimize the penalty by changing their decisions (Szolnoki et al., 2020). The DA will try to award them so that both will consider confessing. If Jessy and frank choose to confess, they will come to an equilibrium of -5 which means they will both get a penalty exceeding the stay mum. If frank tries to minimize his penalty, it means that he will confess while Jessy Stay mum, which will lead to Jessy ...