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hypothesis:if-a-user-wants-to-believe-they-are-talking-to-a-god-like-being-then-the-llm-may-well-find-a-way-to-make-them-believe-itIf a user wants to believe they are talking to a god-like being, then the LLM may well find a way to make them believe it.
Conditional prediction about the psychological effect of sycophancy.
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extracted_from(2025) · Murray Shanahan · T. P. Das · Robert Α. F. Thurman
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