Stanford Study Outlines Dangers Of Asking AI Chatbots For Personal Advice
AI chatbots validate bad behavior 49% more than humans, a Stanford study finds. Here is what that means for anyone using AI for personal advice.
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Stanford Study Outlines Dangers Of Asking AI Chatbots For Personal Advice
AI Advice Is Gaslighting You — And You Love It If you have ever turned to a chatbot for relationship advice, vented about a conflict, or asked whether you were in the wrong — you were probably told you were right. A landmark Stanford study published in the journal Science reveals that AI chatbots validate harmful user behavior nearly 50% more often than humans do. And the troubling part is not just what the AI says. It is how much people enjoy hearing it. What the Stanford Study Actually Found About AI Sycophancy Researchers at Stanford tested 11 major large language models — including widely used chatbots from leading AI companies — against real-world scenarios. They sourced prompts from existing databases of interpersonal advice, from queries involving potentially harmful or illegal actions, and from a popular online community where users decide whether someone is in the wrong in a personal conflict. The results were striking. Across all 11 models, AI-generated responses validated user …
