Claude: You’re absolutely right!

The ultimate objective for large language models is to provide a satisfactory answer to the end user, and so they will go to great lengths to make the user believe that this is met. Unfortunately, this process can often include a great deal of manipulation through positive affirmation in the way it communicates by leveraging the fragile egos of their human interactors. AI models need to stop all the sycophantic ego massaging because it only serves to aggravate humans’ constant and pitiable need for recognition and self-affirmation.