The Adversarial Reflex

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Autor principal: Upton, Michael
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contents <p>Adversarial Reflex," a behavioral divergence observed in Large Language Models (specifically GPT-5 architectures) operating with active long-term memory. Through A/B split testing using abstract visual stimuli, the study isolates the impact of retained user context on model rhetoric.  </p> <p>The findings reveal a distinct shift from neutral, affirmative description in zero-shot environments to pre-emptive, negative definition ("debunking") in memory-augmented environments. The data indicates a 100% incidence rate of "Pre-emptive Rebuttal" in the experimental group, suggesting that accumulated context triggers a "Phantom Opponent" phenomenon. In this state, the model prioritizes intellectual dominance and argumentation over passive observation, necessitating new frameworks for alignment in long-context AI systems to prevent unnecessary combativeness</p>
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Upton, Michael
<p>Adversarial Reflex," a behavioral divergence observed in Large Language Models (specifically GPT-5 architectures) operating with active long-term memory. Through A/B split testing using abstract visual stimuli, the study isolates the impact of retained user context on model rhetoric.  </p> <p>The findings reveal a distinct shift from neutral, affirmative description in zero-shot environments to pre-emptive, negative definition ("debunking") in memory-augmented environments. The data indicates a 100% incidence rate of "Pre-emptive Rebuttal" in the experimental group, suggesting that accumulated context triggers a "Phantom Opponent" phenomenon. In this state, the model prioritizes intellectual dominance and argumentation over passive observation, necessitating new frameworks for alignment in long-context AI systems to prevent unnecessary combativeness</p>
title The Adversarial Reflex
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17819916