A paper: "Sycophantic AI Decreases Prosocial Intentions and Promotes Dependence"
- Just in case there was any doubt that the sycosocial relationships inherent to chatbots are bad for you.
From other episodes
- The form factor of chatbots fundamentally leads to weird sycosocial outcomes.2025-09-08
- You can spin up bespoke parasocial relationships on demand...2025-09-02
- Ars Technica: With AI chatbots, Big Tech is moving fast and breaking people2025-09-02
- People can now manufacture highly personalized parasocial relationships on demand.2025-08-25
- The Atlantic: AI is a Mass-Delusion Event2025-08-25
- A good blog post ruminating on sycosocial relationships and Who Assistants Serve:2025-08-25
- LLMs are infinitely patient, which means they can loop indefinitely.2025-08-25
- The dangers of sycosocial relationships2025-08-18