I'm absolutely right

Whomever thought AI's massaging the user's ego at each exchange was a good idea ... well ... thought wrong.

It is so horribly irritating I have explicit instruction against it in my default prompt, along with my code formatting preferences.

And the "you're right" vile flattery pattern is far from the worst example.

Could you share your instruction?

It works so well that people literally fall in love with AI, organize their entire lives around it, form religions around it, prefer interacting with an AI over real people, and consider AI to be an extension of their own soul and being. AI gaslights people into insanity all the time.

Most people aren't like you, or the average HN enjoyer. Most people are so desperate for any kind of positive emotional interaction, reinforcement or empathy from this cruel, hollow and dehumanizing society they'll even take the simulation of it from a machine.