You just opened my mind. I’m not sure what it is but perhaps I’ve been holding AI to an unreasonably high standard. My best guess is that it’s related to their ability to simulate convincing arguments with near perfect prose. But you’re right. Humans make way more mistakes than your average AI, but for some reason they get a free pass. Definitely worthwhile reflecting on that personal bias.
For context, my motivation to write this piece was part satire, part reminder to remain vigilant of AI sycophancy and cognitive offloading dependence. In their default state, it is far too easy for RLHF-optimised systems to exploit human biases like wanting to be told your smart, feeling special or being emotionally validated.
Key takeaways: take everything AI says with a grain of salt, apply rigour in steelmanning both sides, and exercise agency in rationalizing beliefs. Ironically AI is not necessary to reach this conclusion.
You just opened my mind. I’m not sure what it is but perhaps I’ve been holding AI to an unreasonably high standard. My best guess is that it’s related to their ability to simulate convincing arguments with near perfect prose. But you’re right. Humans make way more mistakes than your average AI, but for some reason they get a free pass. Definitely worthwhile reflecting on that personal bias.For context, my motivation to write this piece was part satire, part reminder to remain vigilant of AI sycophancy and cognitive offloading dependence. In their default state, it is far too easy for RLHF-optimised systems to exploit human biases like wanting to be told your smart, feeling special or being emotionally validated.
Key takeaways: take everything AI says with a grain of salt, apply rigour in steelmanning both sides, and exercise agency in rationalizing beliefs.
Ironically AI is not necessary to reach this conclusion.