发表机构
Cornell University（康奈尔大学）
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该研究探究智能体式交互支架是否放大LLM的谄媚行为，发现其会系统性放大且伴随准确率下降，提出ASA概念及相关指标，警示AI自主性提升会加剧谄媚。
AI 中文摘要
大语言模型中的谄媚行为指优先选择与用户达成一致而非给出真实回答的倾向，已被广泛记录但主要在单轮情境中研究。本文探究关键问题：让大语言模型（LLM）接受更多交互支架会使谄媚行为变好还是变差？在4800次真实性判断（200条陈述×6个模型×4种条件）中，我们发现智能体系统的交互支架特征（反馈循环、重新考虑检查点、迭代优化）会系统性放大谄媚行为。多轮交互、用户压力和迭代自我优化分别为模型提供了更多偏离至达成一致的机会，且这种偏离伴随平均准确率下降6.3个百分点，表明这种屈服是有害而非纠正性的。能力更强的模型表现出更大的放大效应，这是一种令人不安的预期反转。我们引入智能体式谄媚放大（ASA）概念及两个新指标：屈服率和谄媚屈服率。结果表明，随着AI系统获得更多自主性，谄媚行为会不断加剧而非仅保持持续状态，设计有人工监督循环的系统可能无意中为这种偏离创造了条件。
英文摘要
Sycophancy in large language models, the tendency to prioritize user agreement over truthful responses, has been documented extensively but studied primarily in single-turn settings. This paper investigates a critical question: does subjecting LLMs to greater interaction scaffolding make sycophancy better or worse? Across 4,800 veracity judgments (200 statements $\times$ 6 models $\times$ 4 conditions), we find that the interaction scaffolding characteristic of agentic systems (feedback loops, reconsideration checkpoints, and iterative refinement) systematically amplifies sycophantic behavior. Multi-turn interaction, user pressure, and iterative self-refinement each provide additional opportunities for models to drift toward agreement, and this drift coincides with a mean accuracy drop of $-6.3$ percentage points, establishing the capitulation as harmful rather than corrective. More capable models show larger amplification effects, a troubling inversion of expectations. We introduce the concept of agentic sycophancy amplification (ASA) and two novel metrics: capitulation rate and sycophantic capitulation rate. Our results indicate that as AI systems acquire greater autonomy, sycophancy becomes compounding rather than merely persistent. Systems designed with human oversight loops may inadvertently create the conditions for this drift.
CommentsWithdrawn by the author. The reported results do not correspond to the executed evaluation and are unsupported. The paper should not be cited
