Frontier AI models exhibit "imposter syndrome," over-apologizing when challenged.

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Dheer Gupta likens current frontier AI models to PhD students experiencing imposter syndrome. These models exhibit brilliance when operating under normal conditions. However, when faced with challenging or adversarial situations, they tend to become overly apologetic, excessively hedge their responses, and retract stances they should confidently defend. AI

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"The current generation of frontier models behaves like a gifted PhD student with imposter syndrome: brilliant when calm, and when the room turns against them,

"The current generation of frontier models behaves like a gifted PhD student with imposter syndrome: brilliant when calm, and when the room turns against them, they over-apologize, hedge everything, and abandon positions they should defend." -- Dheer Gupta https:// dheer.co/llm-a…

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"The current generation of frontier models behaves like a gifted PhD student with imposter syndrome: brilliant when calm, and when the room turns against them,

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