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“GPT-4o Responds to Negative Feedback” by Zvi
Whoops. Sorry everyone. Rolling back to a previous version.
Here's where we are at this point, now that GPT-4o is no longer an absurd sycophant.
For now.
Table of Contents
GPT-4o Is Was An Absurd Sycophant
Some extra reminders of what we are talking about.
Here's Alex Lawsen having doing an A/B test, where it finds he's way better of a writer than this ‘Alex Lawsen’ character.
This can do real damage in the wrong situation. Also, the wrong situation can make someone see ‘oh my [...]
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Outline:
(00:34) GPT-4o Is Was An Absurd Sycophant
(03:46) You May Ask Yourself, How Did I Get Here?
(13:33) Why Can't We All Be Nice
(14:08) Extra Extra Read All About It Four People Fooled
(17:39) Prompt Attention
(20:06) What (They Say) Happened
(23:42) Reactions to the Official Explanation
(26:13) Clearing the Low Bar
(28:37) Where Do We Go From Here?
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First published:
April 30th, 2025
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/MQbst3BPzGojxoLYt/gpt-4o-responds-to-negative-feedback
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Whoops. Sorry everyone. Rolling back to a previous version.
Here's where we are at this point, now that GPT-4o is no longer an absurd sycophant.
For now.
Table of Contents
GPT-4o Is Was An Absurd Sycophant
Some extra reminders of what we are talking about.
Here's Alex Lawsen having doing an A/B test, where it finds he's way better of a writer than this ‘Alex Lawsen’ character.
This can do real damage in the wrong situation. Also, the wrong situation can make someone see ‘oh my [...]
---
Outline:
(00:34) GPT-4o Is Was An Absurd Sycophant
(03:46) You May Ask Yourself, How Did I Get Here?
(13:33) Why Can't We All Be Nice
(14:08) Extra Extra Read All About It Four People Fooled
(17:39) Prompt Attention
(20:06) What (They Say) Happened
(23:42) Reactions to the Official Explanation
(26:13) Clearing the Low Bar
(28:37) Where Do We Go From Here?
---
First published:
April 30th, 2025
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/MQbst3BPzGojxoLYt/gpt-4o-responds-to-negative-feedback
---
Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
---
Images from the article:
Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.
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