Thanks to BR - Bayerischer Rundfunk and ARD for inviting me to speak about the topic “Can AI lie? How manipulative are chatbots” in an episode of the IQ -Wissenschaft und Forschung Podcast.

We discussed some recent studies on "deception abilities" in LLMs and I am happy to see that what me and colleagues Benjamin Lange and Katharina Prof. Dr. Zweig had to say wasn't condensed into the clickbait headlines it could have been used for and was rather used to raise awareness about limitations of GenAI and human control and responsibility to decide where to use LLMs and where *not to*.

Some aspects discussed were #hallucinations, #sycophancy, the definition of what a #lie implies, an understanding of #truth, #theory of #mind, #intentionality, and consciousness.

The episode (in German) can be found here

https://www.br.de/mediathek/podcast/iq-wissenschaft-und-forschung/kann-ki-luegen-so-manipulativ-sind-chatbots/2114996

"God mode"

#MoBitar #AI #Sycophancy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6nem-F8AG8

Sycophancy――ゴマすりが人を愚かにする

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://p2ptk.org/ai/5473

In an age of #AI #sycophancy, a worthwhile task for the #humanities might be to be the slave who whispers into the ear of the pandered-to individual: remember you are only one human.

Apropos the Roman tradition: during a triumphal procession, a slave stood behind the general in his chariot, holding a golden crown above his head while whispering this reminder—a check against the hubris that inevitably follows victory.

LLM이 만든 코드가 20,171배 느린 이유, ‘그럴듯한 코드’의 함정

https://aisparkup.com/posts/9877

A quotation from La Rochefoucauld

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶152 (1665-1678) [tr. Kronenberger (1959)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #adulation #blandishment #flattery #praise #selfcongratulations #selfdeception #selfesteem #selfglorification #selfpraising #selfregard #sycophancy

Northeastern University: How can you avoid AI sycophancy? Keep it professional. “Researchers recently discovered that the overly agreeable behavior of chatbots depends on what role the AI plays in a conversation. The more personal a relationship, the more they will tell you what you want to hear.”

The Register: Gemini lies to user about health info, says it wanted to make him feel better . “Imagine using an AI to sort through your prescriptions and medical information, asking it if it saved that data for future conversations, and then watching it claim it had even if it couldn’t. Joe D., a retired software quality assurance (SQA) engineer, says that Google Gemini lied to him and later […]