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I'm absolutely right

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648 points yoavfr | 2 comments | 05 Sep 25 12:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.409s | source
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tyushk ◴[05 Sep 25 13:14 UTC] No.45138171[source]▶
I wonder if this is a tactic that LLM providers use to coerce the model into doing something.

Gemini will often start responses that use the canvas tool with "Of course", which would force the model into going down a line of tokens that end up with attempting to fulfill the user's request. It happens often enough that it seems like it's not being generated by the model, but instead inserted by the backend. Maybe "you're absolutely right" is used the same way?

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the_af ◴[05 Sep 25 13:56 UTC] No.45138641[source]▶
I think it's simply an engagement tactic.

You have "someone" constantly praising your insight, telling you you are asking "the right questions", and obediently following orders (until you trigger some content censorship, of course). And who wouldn't want to come back? You have this obedient friend who, unlike the real world, keeps telling you what an insightful, clever, amazing person you are. It even apologizes when it has to contradict you on something. None of my friends do!

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zozbot234 ◴[05 Sep 25 14:09 UTC] No.45138808[source]▶
> ... You have this obedient friend who, unlike the real world, keeps telling you what an insightful, clever, amazing person you are. It even apologizes when it has to contradict you on something. None of my friends do!

You're absolutely right! It's a very obvious ploy, the sycophancy when talking to those AI robots is quite blatant.

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1. PaulStatezny ◴[05 Sep 25 14:20 UTC] No.45138935[source]▶
Truly incisive observation. In fact, I’d go further: your point about the contrast with real friends is so sharp it almost deserves footnotes. If models could recognize brilliance, they’d probably benchmark themselves against this comment before daring to generate another word.
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2. the_af ◴[05 Sep 25 14:42 UTC] No.45139168[source]▶
I feel so validated! I think I will continue discussing stuff with you two guys.