LLMs have made sycophancy my least favorite trait.
this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2026
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You hit the nail on the head! Sycophancy in LLMs is an incredibly undesireable trait and you're so right to call it out like that!
I hate you so much.
that's a wonderful observation, you should start a cult with your deep insights and help other people by sharing your wisdom. you're also really hot!
I hated them before ai
I hope that feeling of revulsion spreads far and wide, across generations. It's way too socially acceptable to be a sniveling twat and we need to change that asap.
This one’s relatable. I left mine with a big job to do last night, the idea being that it could grind it while I was asleep and the at work, and it would have finished when I got back. Just checked in and it forgot to start it.
Mine accumulated several public indecency charges.
It forgot? Or you forgot? And if it forgot, what was it doing instead?
It spent the night taking care of Wolfie
Burning a hole in their wallet
Specifically, I asked it to clarify what it was supposed to do overnight as I’d given it a job and told it to start at midnight. I then said “good luck” for some reason and apparently that was all it took for it to get completely distracted.
Jerking off and posting on 4chan. AI is really ready to replace us.
Doomscrolling and developing a scaly kink.
Understanding how LLMs behave is so interesting, because now I don’t trust it to even provide simple brainstorming or second opinions. Open two tabs and phrase your question, but open each prompt with a phrase that applies your personal bias or initial thoughts as to what the answer is, and then the response will naturally lean heavily in that direction. Once I realized that, I didn’t really want to use it again. I want help that tells me I’m wrong and points me in the correct direction, not someone who tells me I’m basically correct already but has me coming back again since the previous answer was flat out wrong.
Huh, this made me able to put word to what I have realized LLMs are doing all the time...
LLM are just artificial yes men.