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Research2026-07-24 · source-backed
Baihui Wang and Bernard Koch decompose model responses to social pressure into structured resistance and compliance in moral reasoning. A model that never yields is as miscalibrated as one that always yields. The practical warning: anti-sycophancy fine-tuning optimizing a single scalar can destroy a model's ability to legitimately update on a good argument. If you've tuned for "don't cave," check whether you also tuned out "learn from the user."
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