[glitchcrab]

Why? The AI is just regurgitating tokens (including the sycophancy). Don't anthropomorphise it.

[otikik]

Because I was only 55% sure my comment was correct and the AI made it sound like it was the revelation of the century

[20260126032624]

Because of the way regurgitation works. "You're absolutely right" primes the next tokens to treat whatever preceded that as gospel truth, leaving no room for critical approaches.