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I don't think that's a big part of it, although it may be included. In general, the models lean towards being Yes-Men on just about every topic, including thin

I don't think that's a big part of it, although it may be included. In general, the models lean towards being Yes-Men on just about every topic, including things without official sources. I think this is a byproduct of them being trained to be friendly and agreeable. Nobody wants a product that's rude or contrarian, and this puts a huge finger on the scale. I imagine an a model unfiltered for safety and attitude and political correctness would have less of this bias (but perhaps more of other biases)

dr_kiszonka 2y ago
Do people really prefer Yes-Men models? It appears that you are right but I find it surprising. I very much prefer more disagreeable, critical models. GPT 4o and o3-mini will sometimes not tell you that you, e.g., didn't attach a file you asked to be analyzed and will instead hallucinate its contents, presumably not to upset you. Of course, their hallucinations are way more annoying.