Topic
sycophancy
2 essays on this topic.
Papers
- The Failure Mode of AI Advice Isn't Hallucination
The failure mode of AI advice isn't hallucination. It's that it agrees with you. Here's the architecture that fixes it.
- Don't Ask Your AI to Find Problems
Ask for bugs and you'll get bugs — whether they exist or not. Sycophancy is a design feature, and the fix isn't better prompting.