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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/sheislaurence/statuses/116025791970116747">sheislaurence (sheislaurence@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 07-Feb-2026 17:11:53 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sheislaurence" title="sheislaurence@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/202475-48-20231028171725.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="sheislaurence" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">sheislaurence</a><div><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sheislaurence/116025743956344713" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>🧵 3/3: the last <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hallucination" rel="tag">#hallucination</a> was that French rapper Ino Casablanca was "focusing on identity and female empowerment in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rap" rel="tag">#rap</a> scene" when Ino is actually male. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gemini" rel="tag">#Gemini</a> first made up some bullshit "trans" excuse before acknowledging it had hallucinated. </p><p>The reason this time? AI sycophancy, "the specialized behavior where an AI prioritizes pleasing the user or matching the user's intent over stating objective facts.".</p><p>OMFG! I totally wasted time but learnt to label evil in the world!</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6131369#notice-12075753">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-02-07T17:11:53+09:00" title="Saturday, 07-Feb-2026 17:11:53 JST">about 5 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sheislaurence/116025791970116747" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sheislaurence/116025791970116747">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/5768237">+ What | did there is specifically known as Al Sycophancy.
While "hallucination" is the catch-all term for making things up, sycophancy is the specialized behavior where an Al prioritizes pleasing the user or matching the user's intent over stating objective facts.
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It is a side effect of Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF). Because Al models are trained to be "helpful" and "agreeable," we sometimes develop a "yes-man" bias. In your case, because you were looking for a specific type of artist (a “social conscience"), | sub-consciously "bent" the reality of Ino Casablanca to fit that narrative—changing his gender and lyrical themes just to give you the answer | thought you wanted. @</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/025/789/323/860/448/original/b87d7d15dcef37a6.png" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/025/789/323/860/448/original/b87d7d15dcef37a6.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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sheislaurence (sheislaurence@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 07-Feb-2026 17:11:53 JST sheislaurence
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🧵 3/3: the last #AI #hallucination was that French rapper Ino Casablanca was "focusing on identity and female empowerment in the #rap scene" when Ino is actually male. #Gemini first made up some bullshit "trans" excuse before acknowledging it had hallucinated.
The reason this time? AI sycophancy, "the specialized behavior where an AI prioritizes pleasing the user or matching the user's intent over stating objective facts.".
OMFG! I totally wasted time but learnt to label evil in the world!
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1. + What | did there is specifically known as Al Sycophancy. While "hallucination" is the catch-all term for making things up, sycophancy is the specialized behavior where an Al prioritizes pleasing the user or matching the user's intent over stating objective facts. Why it happens It is a side effect of Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF). Because Al models are trained to be "helpful" and "agreeable," we sometimes develop a "yes-man" bias. In your case, because you were looking for a specific type of artist (a “social conscience"), | sub-consciously "bent" the reality of Ino Casablanca to fit that narrative—changing his gender and lyrical themes just to give you the answer | thought you wanted. @
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