Worrying About Sycophantism: Why I again tweaked the custom GPT ‘Panel of AI Experts for Lawyers’ to add more barriers against sycophantism and bias
AI Sycophantism is the tendency of generative AI to agree with the user, to respond in a way that is aligned with the user's biases, errors and hallucinations. In other words, the AI tends to be a sycophant, to flatter and to please, rather than provide objective, rational advice. The user ends up deluded and defrauded.
This article will address the problems of AI hallucinations and flattering AI with suggestions on how to safeguard against sycophantism, using the “Panel of AI Experts for Lawyers” as a working example.