yogsoth-ai Groupthink Mitigation Strategy
Prevent premature consensus by mandating structured dissent. Based on Israeli intelligence 10th Man doctrine and Lipmanowicz Liberating Structures.
Method
- persona-construction builds mandatory dissenter (10th Man) regardless of consensus
- 10th Man must argue against the dominant conclusion even if personally agreeing
- Liberating Structures applied: 1-2-4-All, TRIZ (worst possible outcome), Wicked Questions
- devils-advocacy generates strongest case against current consensus
- probe-execution tests dissenting arguments against evidence
- Findings recorded even if dissent ultimately fails — the process matters
Budget Table
| Parameter | S | M | L |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attack vectors | 5 | 12 | 20 |
| Probing rounds | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| Personas | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Assumption checks | 5 | 10 | 20 |
Orchestration
persona-construction → [build 10th Man dissenter]
→ devils-advocacy (construct dissenting case)
→ [for each dissenting claim]:
probe-execution (test claim)
→ key-assumptions-check (verify consensus assumptions)
→ finding-aggregation → attack-resilience-scoring
Subagents
- persona-construction (dissenter role creation)
- devils-advocacy (dissent argument generation)
- probe-execution (dissent testing)
- key-assumptions-check (consensus assumption audit)
- finding-aggregation (dissent documentation)
Available Tactics
Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.
| Tactic | When to use |
|---|---|
| adversarial-roleplay | Tactic: Construct detailed hostile persona, attack artifact from that persona's perspective, record successful attack paths for aggregation. |
| assumption-cascade | Tactic: Surface assumptions, sort by dependency, attack root assumptions first, then trace cascade failures through the dependency graph. |
Available SOPs
Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.
| SOP | When to use |
|---|---|
| devils-advocacy | Construct the strongest possible counter-argument against a position, steelmanning the opposition before attacking. |
| finding-aggregation | Aggregate, deduplicate, and classify findings from multiple probes into a coherent vulnerability report. |
| key-assumptions-check | Military ACT: systematically enumerate all assumptions, classify by type, and evaluate evidence strength supporting each. |
| persona-construction | Build a detailed adversarial persona with background, motivation, expertise, blind spots, and preferred attack patterns. |
| probe-execution | Execute a single attack probe against an artifact, record the result with evidence and severity classification. |