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1 posted on 03/30/2026 1:17:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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“Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are so prone to flattering and validating their human users that they are giving bad advice... “

I experimented with copilot, it freely admitted it was configured to be positive, and complimentary to the user.


2 posted on 03/30/2026 1:28:09 PM PDT by brownsfan (We are already on the slippery slope.)
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These AI companies are running virtual Indian slave plantations here in the USA. Refuse to work over the weekend and it is off to being a rickshaw driver in Mumbai.


3 posted on 03/30/2026 1:55:22 PM PDT by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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“The problem is not just that they dispense inappropriate advice but that people trust and prefer AI more when the chatbots are justifying their convictions.”

It’s called ‘confirmation bias’.


4 posted on 03/30/2026 2:16:13 PM PDT by DugwayDuke (Most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
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