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> even a real human can repeat ideas back at you in a conversation, but there's still some minimal level of vetting or filtering or rephrasing by another human

> even a real human can repeat ideas back at you in a conversation, but there's still some minimal level of vetting or filtering or rephrasing by another human mind. The mental corruption due to surrounding oneself with sycophantic yes men is historically well documented.

jamiek88 11mo ago
Excellent point. It’s bad for humans when humans do it! Imagine the perfect sycophant, never tires or dies, never slips, never pulls a bad facial expression, can immediately swerve their thoughts to match yours with no hiccups. It was a danger for tyrants and it’s now a danger for the lonely.
- FloorEgg 11mo ago
  South Park isn't for everyone, but they covered this pretty well recently with Randy Marsh going on a sycophant bender.
  - jamiek88 10mo ago
    Interesting, thanks I’ll check it out.
Terr_ 11mo ago
I wonder if in the future that'll ever be a formal medical condition: Sycophancy poisoning, with chronic exposure leading to a syndrome of some sort...
throw4847285 10mo ago
That explains why Elon Musk is such an AI booster. The experience of using an LLM is not so different from his normal life.