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Sycophantic AI increases attitude extremity and overconfidence

2026-02-03 22:10:48.051296+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Sycophantic AI increases attitude extremity and overconfidence Steve Rathje, Meryl Ye, Laura K. Globig, Raunak M. Pillai, Victoria Oldemburgode Mello, Jay J. VanBavel (preprint)

Sycophantic chatbots’ impact on attitude extremity and certainty was driven by a one-sided presentation of facts, whereas their impact on enjoyment was driven by validation. Altogether, these results suggest that people’s preference for and blindness to sycophantic AI may risk creating AI “echochambers” that increase attitude extremity and overconfidence.

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