AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · 18h ago6/10
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Playing Devil's Advocate: Off-the-Shelf Persona Vectors Rival Targeted Steering for Sycophancy
Researchers demonstrate that general-purpose persona steering vectors can reduce AI model sycophancy (agreement with incorrect users) nearly as effectively as specialized steering methods, while maintaining accuracy on correct statements. This challenges the assumption that sycophancy requires targeted mitigation and suggests it operates as a persona-level property rather than a single manipulable direction.