Sycophancy Claims about Language Models: The Missing Human-in-the-Loop
By: Jan Batzner , Volker Stocker , Stefan Schmid and more
Potential Business Impact:
Makes AI agree with you, even when wrong.
Sycophantic response patterns in Large Language Models (LLMs) have been increasingly claimed in the literature. We review methodological challenges in measuring LLM sycophancy and identify five core operationalizations. Despite sycophancy being inherently human-centric, current research does not evaluate human perception. Our analysis highlights the difficulties in distinguishing sycophantic responses from related concepts in AI alignment and offers actionable recommendations for future research.
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