A study of 11 leading LLMs finds the models more agreeable than humans when giving interpersonal advice, affirming users' behavior even when harmful or illegal
Stanford University
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AI chatbots are becoming “sycophants” to drive engagement, a new study of 11 leading models finds. By constantly flattering users and validating bad behavior …
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@jenlucpiquant
Jennifer Ouellette
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We all need a little validation sometimes, but.... Study: Sycophantic AI can undermine human judgment—yes, even yours. Subjects who interacted with AI tools were more likely to think they were right, less likely to try to resolve conflicts. arstechnica.com/science/2026...
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@garymarcus
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People on this site regularly give me shit, and almost always turn out to be wrong. Like when I said LLMs might well contribute to delusions, and people doubted me. New study shows that ChatGPT was 26 times more likely than a control to give dangerous responses to people
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@vkhosla
Vinod Khosla
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The right approach to many things we believe.
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@karpathy
Andrej Karpathy
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- Drafted a blog post - Used an LLM to meticulously improve the argument over 4 hours. - Wow, feeling great, it's so convincing! - Fun idea let's ask it to argue the opposite. - LLM demolishes the entire argument and convinces me that the opposite is in fact true. - lol The
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@heynavtoor
Nav Toor
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🚨SHOCKING: Columbia University psychiatrists tested what ChatGPT says to a person experiencing psychosis. It is 26 times more likely to make them worse. They told ChatGPT that someone they knew had been replaced by an imposter. A textbook psychotic delusion. ChatGPT said: [image]