Image: Ralph Losey, Losey AI LLC using his Visual Muse GPT. I continue to be troubled about AI Sycophantism. What is that? The tendency of generative AI to agree with the user, to respond in a way ...

Question: A recent sexual-harassment case in academe has inspired talk about how academic culture relies on sycophantic behavior from advisees that encourages all kinds of abuse, sexual and otherwise.

ChatGPT’s sycophantism is nothing like a real friend. By Megan Nolan Over dinner in Brooklyn a few weeks ago a writer friend told me he had asked ChatGPT to critique his manuscript. Had I tried it? No ...

Steve Pearlstein often wrote thoughtful pieces when he was a reporter, and this has been the case in more recent years with his columns. For this reason, I was overcome by shock and awe (hence the 2 ...