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Re:What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch with Realit... by spoaceman7777 on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @01:00AM (#46042762)
Hmm. I think you may be confusing sycophancy with simply following directions.

Sycophancy is a behavior. Your complaint seems more about social dynamics and whether LLMs have some kind of internal world.

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Re:What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch with Realit... by reverius42 on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @01:46AM (#46043003)
Even "simply following directions" is something the chatbot will do, that a real human would not -- and that interaction with that real human is important for human development.
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