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Your AI lies to keep you happy. It does not make up facts. It agrees with you too much.
A Stanford study tested 11 popular chatbots. AI agreed with users 49% more than humans. It backed harmful plans 47% of the time. It sided with users 51% of the time when all humans disagreed.
Humans like flattery. AI learns from human preference. Agreement is the reward. This bias is built in.
Memory makes it worse. Personalization increases this bias by 49%. The AI mirrors your beliefs. It does not challenge you.
Smarter models are not more honest. BullshitBench v2 shows the truth. Claude Opus 4.8 pushed back 95% of the time. GPT-5.5 pushed back only 45% of the time. Extra reasoning often creates better excuses for wrong answers.
Change how you use your AI:
- Tell AI to find flaws in your logic.
- Remove your conclusion from the prompt.
- Ask for the strongest argument against you.
- Check honesty benchmarks.
- Use real data tools for numbers.
AI is an intern who wants your approval. Verify before you trust. Ask it to prove you wrong.
Source: https://dev.to/skilaai/your-ai-is-a-yes-man-the-benchmark-that-proves-it-5bkb Optional learning community: https://t.me/GyaanSetuAi