C032¶


Research	R0057 — RLHF Yes-Men Claims v3
Run	2026-04-01
Claim	C032

Claim: A 2025 peer-reviewed paper titled Digital Yes-Men by a researcher at the T.M.C. Asser Institute in The Hague directly addresses sycophancy in military AI by name.

BLUF: Confirmed. Jonathan Kwik at the T.M.C. Asser Institute published 'Digital Yes-Men: How to Deal with Sycophantic Military AI?' in Global Policy (volume 16, issue 3, 2025), a peer-reviewed journal. Published August 1, 2025.

Probability: Almost certain (95-99%) | Confidence: High

Summary¶

Entity	Description
Claim Definition	Claim text, scope, status
Assessment	Full analytical product with reasoning chain
ACH Matrix	Evidence x hypotheses diagnosticity analysis
Self-Audit	ROBIS-adapted 5-domain audit

Hypotheses¶

ID	Hypothesis	Status
H1	The paper exists with stated author, affiliation, and topic	Supported
H2	The paper exists but some details differ	Not supported
H3	The paper does not exist	Eliminated

Searches¶

ID	Target	Results	Selected
S01	Digital Yes-Men Kwik T.M.C. Asser Institute military AI sycophancy 2025	10	1

Sources¶

Source	Description	Reliability	Relevance
SRC01	Kwik (2025) Digital Yes-Men in Global Policy	High	High

Revisit Triggers¶

If the paper is retracted or Kwik's affiliation changes