[godelski]

  > Your question diverts it down a path where it acts the part of a former sycophant who is now being critical

I think people really have a hard time understanding a sycophant can be contrarian. But a yesman can say yes by saying no

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47484664

[cheesecompiler]

> a yesman can say yes by saying no

What a great way to summarize LLM behaviour in 2026

[noisy_boy]

>> a yesman can say yes by saying no

>What a great way to summarize LLM behaviour in 2026

Well they have been trained on words spoken by humans and that has been a human behaviour since time immemorial. E.g.: "I do not agree with you that you were wrong. I do apologize for my strong disagreement but we actually do need your continued guidance desperately."