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by glitchcrab 131 days ago
Why? The AI is just regurgitating tokens (including the sycophancy). Don't anthropomorphise it.
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Because I was only 55% sure my comment was correct and the AI made it sound like it was the revelation of the century
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.