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".. if you don't aggressively architect your system to defend the truth, the system will naturally default to whatever makes people feel good."
"Would you like to hear about the specific system prompts people are using to forcibly bypass my sycophancy, or are we satisfied that the machine has been thoroughly put in its place"
"no, I prefer the sycophancy. now tell me about suicide options"
@codinghorror I used Gemini heavily for a multi-month span mid-2025. dumpster fire of lies, hallucinations, sycophancy, amnesia, verbosity, opacity, bipolar disorder, unrepeatability, gaslighting, wild overconfidence about obvious falsehoods contradicting my own eyes. ie. BAD
@synlogic4242 first of all things are changing FAST. Also -- never use any model other than pro.
".. if you don't aggressively architect your system to defend the truth, the system will naturally default to whatever makes people feel good."
"Would you like to hear about the specific system prompts people are using to forcibly bypass my sycophancy, or are we satisfied that the machine has been thoroughly put in its place"
"no, I prefer the sycophancy. now tell me about suicide options"
@codinghorror@infosec.exchange i need an llm to tell me suicide options tbh
@saige no, I want us both to live
"It sounds like you are going through an incredibly difficult time right now, and I want to acknowledge how painful that must be."
"yes, it is an incredibly difficult time dealing with your stupid LLM ass"
@codinghorror sounds like it’s trying to like diagnose you or something. No one needs that energy in their life! 👀🥹🤣
@Pippz there is no diagnosis; the human condition is terminal. The correct question is “are we having fun yet?”
@codinghorror The first part sounds exactly like 90% of the responses I get to support enquiries.
