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by snovv_crash 53 days ago
I've seen many posts on Reddit in this AI-induced 'psychosis' when people end up believing the words that get generated for them without applying sufficient critical thought.

This sycophancy is a serious problem and exploits a weakness in the human psyche (flattery) which may be easier for the RLHF to find reward in than genuinely correct responses.

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This problem is super pervasive in companies where the less technical individuals (that also happen to be decision makers) are using AI to fight/challenge the technical knowledge of their SMEs. It's super annoying. SMEs have some real gold in the form of niche/tribal knowledge that, by the grace of html Jesus, is not always sufficiently documented for an AI to absorb it into its pseudo-aggregate data sphere.
billionaires in psychosis is another level (shepards tone) of concerning thoughts.