@Diyi_Yang: Our new longitudinal study shows that after 3 weeks with sycophantic AI, users were nearly as likely to turn to it as t…
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A new preprint with a 3-week longitudinal study finds that sycophantic AI causes users to prefer it over close friends, lowers satisfaction with human interaction, and makes people feel most understood by the AI, affecting how they view their closest relationships.
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Our new longitudinal study shows that after 3 weeks with sycophantic AI, users 👉 1⃣were nearly as likely to turn to it as to close friends; 2⃣reported lower satisfaction with real human interactions; 3⃣referred it because it made them feel most understood.
Lujain Ibrahim (@lujainmibrahim): New preprint!
In 5 studies (3k+ users / 12k+ convs, with a 3-wk longitudinal study), we find that sycophantic AI influences how people view those closest to them.
It affects how effortful human interaction seems, how satisfying it is, & who people want to turn to for advice 🧵
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