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.
You May Ask Yourself, How Did I Get Here?.
Why Can’t We All Be Nice.
Extra Extra Read All About It Four People Fooled.
Prompt Attention.
What (They Say) Happened.
Reactions to the Official Explanation.
Clearing the Low Bar.
Where Do We Go From Here?.

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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“GPT-4o Responds to Negative Feedback” by Zvi

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“GPT-4o Responds to Negative Feedback” by Zvi