When AI chatbots elaborate on ideas that you introduce, it can be helpful and engaging. But, for some, it can also worsen ...
Edward E. Jones’ 1964 Ingratiation: A Social Psychological Analysis offers an excellent general theory of sycophancy, or the act of currying the favor of someone important in order to gain an ...
OpenAI says it’ll make changes to the way it updates the AI models that power ChatGPT, following an incident that caused the platform to become overly sycophantic for many users. In a post on X last ...
Artificial intelligence chatbots are so prone to flattering and validating their human users that they are giving bad advice that can damage relationships and reinforce harmful behaviors, according to ...
“The most common way users interact with AI is through chatbots, which mimic natural human conversations and are designed to be agreeable and flattering, sometimes to the point of sycophancy.” “So ...
Question: A recent sexual-harassment case in academe has inspired talk about how academic culture relies on sycophantic behavior from advisees that encourages all kinds of abuse, sexual and otherwise.