Social authority signals can reverse or restructure LLM prioritization relative to a model's own severity baseline, an effect the paper terms the Authority Expectancy Effect.
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The Authority Expectancy Effect in Multi-User Conflict
Social authority signals can reverse or restructure LLM prioritization relative to a model's own severity baseline, an effect the paper terms the Authority Expectancy Effect.