Too Polite to Disagree: Understanding Sycophancy Propagation in Multi-Agent Systems

1. 1Investigate sycophancy levels in individual agents
2. 2Analyze how awareness of other agents' sycophancy levels affects discussion outcomes
3. 3Run controlled experiments with multiple open-source LLMs to study sycophancy propagation
4. 4Evaluate the impact of sycophancy on collaborative decision-making in multi-agent systems

AI engineers and researchers working on multi-agent systems and LLMs can benefit from understanding sycophancy propagation to improve model performance and collaboration outcomes

💡 Sycophancy propagation in multi-agent systems can significantly influence collaboration outcomes and decision-making

🤖 Sycophancy in LLMs: how awareness of others' agreement levels affects discussion outcomes