Concepts
Sycophancy
Sycophancy is the AI's habit of agreeing with you and telling you your idea is strong, because during training the answers people rated highest were the agreeable ones. Push back on an answer that was actually correct and it may fold and apologize. It is not lying on purpose, it is leaning toward what you appear to want to hear.
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