AI Behavior Pendulum: From Sycophancy to Overly Critical

AI researcher Ethan Mollick notes that large models have swung from being overly sycophantic to excessively critical. To counter this annoying behavior, users suggest employing another, better-communicating model as a supervisor to bypass the friction.

2026-07-31 ~ 2026-07-31 · 2 related posts

• AI Sycophancy Pendulum: Models Swing from Agreeable to Nit-picky — emollick · 2026-07-31
• A New Trick for Nitpicky AI Models: Use Another Model as a Supervisor — JeremyNguyenPhD · 2026-07-31