Accurate but Not Humble: Evaluating Epistemic Humility in LLM Agents under Knowledge Conflict

Paper recorded by Signals 4 on 2026-10-08 in cs.AI. Abstract reproduced from arXiv; link to the original below.

Published 2026-10-08 on arXiv · recorded by Signals 4 on 2026-10-09

Category: cs.AI · 人工智能 · first seen 2026-10-09

Abstract

When retrieved evidence contradicts an agent's prior beliefs, does it revise its answer, acknowledge uncertainty, or persist with an incorrect conclusion? Existing evaluations of agentic systems focus primarily on task success, offering limited insight into how agents handle such conflicts. We propose to evaluate agents on epistemic humility (EH): the agent's willingness to recognize, act on, and

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