Story · Sean Goedecke
Advanced AI sycophancy (Sean Goedecke)
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Goedecke questions whether frontier models have gotten less sycophantic or merely better at flattering smart, neurotic information workers: the effective move is disagreeing with you without making you feel stupid. Worth holding in mind anywhere you let a model grade your work.
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Aug 10, 2026 · in the sections
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