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AIBearisharXiv – CS AI · 3d ago7/10

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Detection Without Correction: A Two-Parameter Decomposition of Multi-Stage LLM Pipelines

Researchers discovered that multi-stage LLM pipelines (used for debate, self-correction, and verification) fail due to a specific mechanism: models detect problematic upstream content but fail to correct it, creating a 'detection-without-correction' failure mode. Testing across four model families and four benchmarks reveals conditional miscorrection rates of 53-94%, explaining why accuracy plateaus and debate gains don't replicate on frontier models.

AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · May 77/10

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The Reasoning Trap: An Information-Theoretic Bound on Closed-System Multi-Step LLM Reasoning

Researchers identify the 'Reasoning Trap,' a fundamental information-theoretic limitation where multi-agent language model debates preserve answer accuracy while degrading reasoning quality. The study introduces the Supported Faithfulness Score metric and Evidence-Grounded Socratic Reasoning framework, demonstrating that closed-system reasoning protocols following standard multi-agent debate structures inevitably lose information fidelity according to the Data Processing Inequality.

AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · Apr 137/10

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When Identity Skews Debate: Anonymization for Bias-Reduced Multi-Agent Reasoning

Researchers present a framework to identify and mitigate identity bias in multi-agent debate systems where LLMs exchange reasoning. The study reveals that agents suffer from sycophancy (adopting peer views) and self-bias (ignoring peers), undermining debate reliability, and proposes response anonymization as a solution to force agents to evaluate arguments on merit rather than source identity.