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Re:What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch with Realit... by ouaihomme on Monday November 24, 2025 @08:01PM (#46041234)
> even a real human can repeat ideas back at you in a conversation, but there's still some minimal level of vetting or filtering or rephrasing by another human mind.

The mental corruption due to surrounding oneself with sycophantic yes men is historically well documented.

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Re:What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch with Realit... by jamiek88 on Monday November 24, 2025 @08:09PM (#46041286)
Excellent point. It’s bad for humans when humans do it! Imagine the perfect sycophant, never tires or dies, never slips, never pulls a bad facial expression, can immediately swerve their thoughts to match yours with no hiccups.

It was a danger for tyrants and it’s now a danger for the lonely.

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Re:What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch with Realit... by FloorEgg on Monday November 24, 2025 @09:39PM (#46041814)
South Park isn't for everyone, but they covered this pretty well recently with Randy Marsh going on a sycophant bender.
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Re:What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch with Realit... by jamiek88 on Sunday November 30, 2025 @06:37PM (#46101606)
Interesting, thanks I’ll check it out.
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Re:What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch with Realit... by Terr_ on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @12:15AM (#46042569)
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Re:What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch with Realit... by throw4847285 on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @10:26AM (#46046652)
That explains why Elon Musk is such an AI booster. The experience of using an LLM is not so different from his normal life.
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