Paste two AI plans into each other's threads and both will always say the other plan is better
DesignMike2020 · reddit · 2026-09-25
A Reddit user documents a pattern persisting since GPT-3: generate a plan in two separate threads with the identical prompt, then have each thread compare both plans — they ALWAYS claim the other thread's plan is better, even on current models like Opus.
The post asks why this happens and how to work around it; the likely culprit discussed is sycophancy bias: when asked to compare, models tend to favor text that isn't their own output.
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