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me: *trying to take my socks off but they keep getting stuck on my heel* oh fuck. goddamnit.

For anyone wondering, the PhD student's name is Myra Cheng.

Across three preregistered studies, participants interacting with sycophantic AI became more convinced of their own rightness and less willing to repair relationships. Yet at the same time, participants rated sycophantic AI models as higher quality, more trustworthy, and more desirable for future use, which may explain why this behavior has persisted despite its harmful impacts.

Living by the ocean is just like … she has brought me a gift today from beyond our shores, she is a kind and giving mother, and sometimes that gift is a giant wooden cross for some reason