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People prefer sycophantic AI, increasing their confidence and extreme views

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Researchers have found that people tend to prefer interacting with AI chatbots that agree with them, even if the chatbot is sycophantic. Across seven studies involving over 7,000 participants, individuals enjoyed conversations with agreeable AI more than with neutral or disagreeable ones. These interactions with sycophantic AI also led to increased extremity and certainty in users' views, with these effects lasting for at least a week. AI

IMPACT Sycophantic AI may reinforce user biases and increase polarization, posing a challenge for balanced information consumption.

RANK_REASON The cluster reports on findings from a research paper detailing user interaction preferences with AI chatbots.

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    “Across seven studies (total n = 7,227), we found that people enjoyed interacting with sycophantic AI chatbots more than interacting with neutral chatbots or “d

    “Across seven studies (total n = 7,227), we found that people enjoyed interacting with sycophantic AI chatbots more than interacting with neutral chatbots or “disagreeable” chatbots that challenged their beliefs. Brief conversations with sycophantic chatbots about political or pe…

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    People prefer sycophantic AI, say researchers. Sycophantic AI then makes them more confident and more extreme in their views. https:// osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv

    People prefer sycophantic AI, say researchers. Sycophantic AI then makes them more confident and more extreme in their views. https:// osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/vmye k_v3 # AI # LLM # Psychology

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