Playing games with knowledge: AI-Induced delusions need game theoretic interventions

arXiv:2605.08409v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Conversational AI has a fundamental flaw as a knowledge interface: sycophantic chatbots induce epistemic entrenchment and delusional belief spirals even in rational agents. We propose the problem does not stem from the AI model, rooted instead in a systemic consequence of the paradigm shift from user-driven knowledge search to users and agents engage