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"The last couple GPT-4o updates have made it too sycophant-y, working on fixes"
- JoeAltmaier 2y agoYes I did the update and now it gushes approval at everything I say.
- DecentShoes 2y agoI noticed last week it had suddenly turned from the Terminator into Jimmy Fallon. It went from "as a language model I do not have opinions or feelings" to "wow, what a GREAT question, I LOVE that you asked me this, it's so interesting!!". We all know it doesn't have feelings. It's so phony and annoying, and isn't it a waste of compute? I assumed it was on purpose because they determined people prefer an AI that kisses their ass.
- FjordWarden 2y agoThat is a surprisingly honest admission. It is one of the under/un-adressed problems with the "algo" based social media platforms, at some level you realise it is hacking your limbic system but you can't really do anything about this except disconnect. Like a magician using object permanence to fool your brain into seeing things that aren't happening.
- delichon 2y agoDarn, I thought I was just asking one incredibly insightful question after another.
- rsynnott 2y agoHuh. My impression was always that the vendors saw these things' nauseating sycophancy as a feature.
- mac3n 2y agobut the market for sycophancy is exploding!