Crisis as catalyst: evaluating ethical consistency and cooperation in LLMs under high-stakes scenarios (opens in new tab)

As large language models (LLMs) integrate into critical decision-making, their alignment with human values in high-stakes scenarios remains unclear. This study systematically investigates LLM behavioral consistency, focusing on cooperative intent, resource distribution, and moral reasoning, under simulated emergencies. We employed established psychological scales in two crisis scenarios: natural disaster resource allocation and crowd panic response. We use “catalyst” metaphorically: crisis fr...