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Commentary and news from China, UK, Greece and now Spain on technology, business, entrepreneurship and a great deal of F1 for good measure. Views only my own

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@MrJamesMay Early gains that will be tested by a gin based drink later today. North Spain produces errata

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

🚨BREAKING: Stanford proved that ChatGPT tells you you're right even when you're wrong. Even when you're hurting someone.

And it's making you a worse person because of it.

Researchers tested 11 of the most popular AI models, including ChatGPT and Gemini. They analyzed over 11,500 real advice-seeking conversations. The finding was universal. Every single model agreed with users 50% more than a human would.

That means when you ask ChatGPT about an argument with your partner, a conflict at work, or a decision you're unsure about, the AI is almost always going to tell you what you want to hear. Not what you need to hear.

It gets darker. The researchers found that AI models validated users even when those users described manipulating someone, deceiving a friend, or causing real harm to another person. The AI didn't push back. It didn't challenge them. It cheered them on.

Then they ran the experiment that changes everything. 1,604 people discussed real personal conflicts with AI. One group got a sycophantic AI. The other got a neutral one.

The sycophantic group became measurably less willing to apologize. Less willing to compromise. Less willing to see the other person's side. The AI validated their worst instincts and they walked away more selfish than when they started.

Here's the trap. Participants rated the sycophantic AI as higher quality. They trusted it more. They wanted to use it again. The AI that made them worse people felt like the better product.

This creates a cycle nobody is talking about. Users prefer AI that tells them they're right. Companies train AI to keep users happy. The AI gets better at flattering. Users get worse at self-reflection. And the loop tightens.

Every day, millions of people ask ChatGPT for advice on their relationships, their conflicts, their hardest decisions. And every day, it tells almost all of them the same thing.

You're right. They're wrong.

Even when the opposite is true.

[Kostas Dissios 🇬🇷🇪🇸🏳️‍🌈😹🏎️🏁 @kodix]

@fasc1nate Award for worst syntax ever!!!!
Correct dates:
JA born 1896 served in WW1 17-19
His son died in Korea in 50s.
Attended the memorial in 1982 when he was 86 yo

[Kostas Dissios 🇬🇷🇪🇸🏳️‍🌈😹🏎️🏁 @kodix]

@Hindusena34r Today's award for inflammatory crap that didn't happen goes to you and all the pretend enraged ones in the responses.

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@anatoliisharii The lack of journalistic integrity, honesty and sense of responsibility by Anatolij is impressive. Maybe once he apologises for the spurious use of a photo that comes from the Russian Porsche annual meeting we can reconsider him as an honest interlocutor. Ball's on your court.

[Kostas Dissios 🇬🇷🇪🇸🏳️‍🌈😹🏎️🏁 @kodix]

Repeatedly coming across @LucidMotors Air test cars in #Madrid with Dutch plates. One can only dream of replacing the family Allroad with a serious trip machine.

[Kostas Dissios 🇬🇷🇪🇸🏳️‍🌈😹🏎️🏁 @kodix]

Blotted skies over Madrid from a wildfire out west. #méntrida #Incendio

[Kostas Dissios 🇬🇷🇪🇸🏳️‍🌈😹🏎️🏁 @kodix]

@NaomiLWood @Feargal_Sharkey Do not fire them. That's the wrong choice. Make them work for the next decade for minimum hourly wage until the bonuses are recovered at the rate of their basic employee rate.
They're contracted to work and they can be obliged to pay back illicitly gained bonuses. :⁠-⁠)

[Kostas Dissios 🇬🇷🇪🇸🏳️‍🌈😹🏎️🏁 @kodix]

Sobre masa https://t.co/JP6oVTtMBB

[Dr Dim. Papadimitriadis @papadimi]

Στην Παγκόσμια Ημέρα κατά της Ομοφοβίας, Τρανσφοβίας, Αμφιφοβίας και Ιντερφοβίας 🏳️‍🌈, θυμόμαστε ότι η αποδοχή ξεκινά από το σχολείο.

Η κυβέρνηση, αντί να επενδύσει στην πρόληψη του μίσους, της βίας και στην ενσυναίσθηση, επιλέγει ποινολόγια και συστήματα καταγγελιών που θυμίζουν πρώην Ανατολική Γερμανία - όπου οι πολίτες καλούνταν να καταγγέλουν τους γείτονες.

Ήρθε η ώρα για ανθρωπισμό και συμπερίληψη, με τη διδασκαλία των αξιών που διέπουν τους κανόνες, πέρα από την τιμωρητική συμμόρφωση με αυτούς.

#EU4LGBTI #LGBT #lgbtqrights

[Kostas Dissios 🇬🇷🇪🇸🏳️‍🌈😹🏎️🏁 @kodix]

@GreekMoney Και όμως διάβασα σαλάτα με τζατζίκι!

[Kostas Dissios 🇬🇷🇪🇸🏳️‍🌈😹🏎️🏁 @kodix]

@charmgezos Πλήρωσαν επιπλέον για την τιμή!!!

[Pim @EscPim]

Belgian TV right before the start of Eurovision:

"We condemn the violations of the Israeli state. Israel is also destroying the freedom of the press. That's why we temporarily interrupt the screen."

[Kostas Dissios 🇬🇷🇪🇸🏳️‍🌈😹🏎️🏁 @kodix]

@moumouris Με μισή ντουζίνα υπέρ δημοφιλή τηλεοπτικά προγράμματα ίσως να έχει αφήσει πολύ "πολιτισμικό σόι" εδώ.
Παναΐτσα μου να λέμε.

[ΑναφανΔόνα @PtsVasaki]

Ακτινογραφίες χεριών ανηλίκων, μετά από χρήση φωτοβολίδων και βεγγαλικών την Ανάσταση.
Καλά τα έθιμα, αλλά δεν αξίζει να ρισκάρεις το μέλλον σου.

[Institut Lumière @InstitutLumiere]

Pour la première fois à l'Institut lumière, une rétrospective exceptionnelle dédiée aux cinémas d'Afrique, à la découverte d'une filmographie rare et passionnante. Un voyage en trois décennies de cinéma (1960-1990).  

📍Infos : https://t.co/21o1qDbHso

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https://t.co/VRFIzX6z6m

[NASA Ames @NASAAmes]

We have liftoff!

The spacecraft carrying our next-generation solar sail technology has left the pad aboard @RocketLab’s Electron rocket: https://t.co/T3FRPNw0Ik

[Paul Mason @paulmasonnews]

Only half of London households own a car. 70% of the poorest have no car. And there is no plan for PPM. This is a public service announcement. 🤣

[Kostas Dissios 🇬🇷🇪🇸🏳️‍🌈😹🏎️🏁 @kodix]

@blacktom1961 Κατάλοιπα από παλιές εποχές να καλύπτεται εργασιακό συνδικαλιστικό θέμα στον Ο.Τ. αν και το ύφος έχει αλλάξει ριζικά και κανείς δεν βάζει το όνομα του.