Some context. I've been running setups where a few LLM personas debate a question, then a separate neutral pass pulls out where they actually disagree. The whole reason I started was sycophancy. One model on its own just agrees with whatever you say, so I wanted models that would actually push back on each other. That part worked. But two things happened that I didn't see coming. First, arguing turns models into confident fabricators. Once a model is trying to "win", it starts citi...