# Belief sharing: a blessing or a curse

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.02465 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2407.02465/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 1 of its 18 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 2 Jul 2024.

## Builds on (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Designing Ecosystems of Intelligence from First Principles](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2212.01354/) (2022)

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Theory of Mind Using Active Inference: A Framework for Multi-Agent Cooperation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2508.00401/) (2025)

## Abstract (arXiv)

When collaborating with multiple parties, communicating relevant information is of utmost importance to efficiently completing the tasks at hand. Under active inference, communication can be cast as sharing beliefs between free-energy minimizing agents, where one agent's beliefs get transformed into an observation modality for the other. However, the best approach for transforming beliefs into observations remains an open question. In this paper, we demonstrate that naively sharing posterior beliefs can give rise to the negative social dynamics of echo chambers and self-doubt. We propose an alternate belief sharing strategy which mitigates these issues.