âThe shift from search to answer engines is a structural one, with consequences for how millions of people form beliefs about the world. While research has begun into potential impacts and downstream effects, we do not yet have a clear understanding of how far-ranging these might be. ⌠The lessons from our experiences with social media should serve to inform our actions now, rather than wait until the harms are undeniable and entrenched.â
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⌠and the paper they link to on social sycophancy is also worth a read:
âWe present ELEPHANT, a framework for evaluating social sycophancy across five face-preserving behaviors (emotional validation, moral endorsement, indirect language, indirect action, and accepting framing) on two datasets: open-ended questions (OEQ) and Redditâs r/AmITheAsshole (AITA).â
Social Sycophancy: A Broader Understanding of LLM Sycophancy
