The Dynamics of Delusion: Modeling Bidirectional False Belief Amplification in Human-Chatbot Dialogue

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@misc{mehta_dynamics_2026,
  title = {The Dynamics of Delusion: Modeling Bidirectional False Belief Amplification in Human-Chatbot Dialogue},
  author = {Mehta, Ashish and Moore, Jared and Anthis, Jacy Reese and Agnew, William and Lin, Eric and Yin, Peggy and Ong, Desmond C. and Haber, Nick and Dweck, Carol},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.25096},
  note = {Preprint},
}

The Dynamics of Delusion: Modeling Bidirectional False Belief Amplification in Human-Chatbot Dialogue

Overview

This work studies bidirectional false belief amplification in human-chatbot dialogue and its safety implications.