Conformity Dynamics in LLM Multi-Agent Systems: The Roles of Topology and Self-Social Weighting
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The claim involves an active area of research with multiple competing theories about how conformity dynamics work in LLM-based multi-agent systems, especially concerning network topology and misinformation detection. There are notable unknowns and ongoing investigations, making it moderately intriguing.
Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly instantiated as interacting agents in multi-agent systems (MAS), where collective decisions emerge through social interaction rather than independent reasoning. A fundamental yet underexplored mechanism in this process is conformity, the tendency of agents to align their judgments with prevailing group opinions. This paper presents a systematic study of how network topology shapes conformity dynamics in LLM-based MAS through a misinformation detec...