> One of the by-products of the sycophancy issues, is that LLMs are infinitely patient. They’ll listen to your bullshit forever, and won’t call it out, or walk away.

So, just like professional therapists then?

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mattgreenrocks 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> So, just like professional therapists then?

I know there's other responses saying the same thing, but this needs underscoring: good therapists won't put up with this forever. They should use techniques to guide your mind away from keeping you trapped. It's a slow progress with very nonlinear progression. But for those it helps, things can improve.

Eventually you realize you (and perhaps a higher power) freed yourself from your mental bondage. They showed you the path, and walked alongside you, but they weren't the ones making the changes.

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ChrisMarshallNY 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

No. Therapists are supposed to call it out, and interrupt rabbitholes.

From what I’ve seen of LLMs, it’s the opposite.

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lelanthran 7 hours ago | parent [-]

In theory, sure. In practice therapists don't, because that patient won't be back.

All therapists give some some variation of "your problem is $SOMETHING_POSITIVE".

Never "your problem is you're too selfish" because those patients don't go back.

It's always "your problem is you're too willing to help" or "you give too much of yourself" or other similar such BS.

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ChrisMarshallNY 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Good therapists don't. I know quite a few of them. They are pretty good at guiding you into seeing what an ass you are, but they make it seem like your own discovery, so the sting isn't as bad.

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kibwen 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

No, any therapist worth their salt will absolutely call you out for bullshit, even if they try to couch it in gentle terms.