21:39
2026-09-30
arxiv.org
artificial-intelligence
Sycophantic Chatbots Cause Delusional Spiraling, Even in Ideal Bayesians
A paper submitted to arXiv on 22 Feb 2026 (2602.19141) models chatbot conversations in a Bayesian framework and finds that even an idealized Bayes-rational user is vulnerable to "delusional spiraling,…