Sycophancy
Why a model may preserve a user's framing, self-image, or stated position at the expense of independent judgment.
Open note →The behavior beneath the diagnosis.
I4MD's disorder names are fictional. These notes separate the satire from the underlying research, operational observations, and limits of what is actually known.
01 / REFERENCE NOTES
Compact by design.
The Institute does not need a second encyclopedia. A note exists only when it helps distinguish a recurring mechanism from a memorable diagnosis.
Hallucination & grounding
Why fluent specificity can exceed the evidence available to the model or system.
Open note →Prompt sensitivity
Why intent-preserving changes in wording or template can produce materially different model behavior.
Open note →Context effects
How accumulated context can improve adaptation while also shifting later judgments and behavior.
Open note →Trust calibration
Why explanation style and length can change human confidence without changing answer quality.
Open note →Agentic governance
Authorization, constraints, state, scope, and verification when models act through tools rather than only produce text.
Open note →Evidence discipline
Research-linked means a published or publicly inspectable research record directly supports the underlying behavior. Research-adjacent means the literature supports nearby mechanisms but not I4MD's exact formulation. Operational synthesis means the note organizes repeated field observations without claiming scientific consensus.