> Let me know what you think by complaining that AI sucks on HN!
At least you complied with the next sentence :)
EDIT: Whoa, I didn't check your link before I posted. That's terribly sad. While I agree that LLMs can be sycophantic, I don't think Yegge was debating with Claude about drug use in this situation. Other references might have worked better to support you claim like this first page result when I search for "papers on llm sycophancy":
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12592531/
You need to explicitly tell it to debate you. Also you cite and example of someone using ChatGPT to discuss personal issues. We are talking about technical discussions here.
At least you complied with the next sentence :)
EDIT: Whoa, I didn't check your link before I posted. That's terribly sad. While I agree that LLMs can be sycophantic, I don't think Yegge was debating with Claude about drug use in this situation. Other references might have worked better to support you claim like this first page result when I search for "papers on llm sycophancy": https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12592531/