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wiseowise
3 months ago
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AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice
“Don’t be a sycophant, give it to me straight”
“Argue against X”
svara
3 months ago
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The issue is it will
follow your instructions
. It's sycophancy one step removed.
geraneum
3 months ago
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But how’s that helpful? What the affirmation is correct occasionally and following you instructions it just rejects something where it shouldn’t? How would you know?
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