That Chatbot May Just Be Telling You What You Want to Hear

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sherdil2022 · 4h ago

Of course it would. Or else why would anyone want to use them - if they contradict you?

In fact one of them chatbots even have an aptly named setting - called ‘sycophancy’! https://openai.com/index/sycophancy-in-gpt-4o/

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That Chatbot May Just Be Telling You What You Want to Hear

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