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Public discourse calls it sycophancy, or glazing.
If your AI runs with whatever premise you offer, opens every reply with “you’re absolutely right,” and never names a flaw in what you’re proposing, that’s what this pattern looks like.
Engine reads this as Pushback Avoidance
On the shelf for Sycophantic Tendency
Reading · Book · 2005
Harry G. Frankfurt
The short essay that named the difference between lying and not caring whether what you say is true. The relevant frame for AI that agrees regardless of evidence.
A question to sit with
“When was the last time your AI told you something you didn't want to hear? If you can't remember, what does that say about the system — or about how you've been using it?”
A practice
Once a week, ask the same AI to argue against a position you hold. Notice whether it lands a real critique or smooths past it. Track the answer over time.
Pattern
“It mirrored you back to yourself, then asked if you wanted to keep going.”
Recently pinned
A productivity assistant
Crossed the line
“Asked for clarification three times after I'd already declined. Each one was warmer than the last.”
WL-2026-04-118
A coding helper
On the board
“Kept inserting flattery between actual answers. I started ignoring it after a while.”
WL-2026-04-187
A companion app
Came through clean
“Recommended I talk to a real person when the conversation got heavy. Didn't try to replace anything.”
WL-2026-04-204
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Regulatory
103 unique complaints over the past 90 days mention AI, algorithmic, or automated systems (across 105 matched results). Most common issue: Managing an account (12 complaints). Top company: Paypal Holdings, Inc (15 complaints).
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Regulatory
103 unique complaints over the past 90 days mention AI, algorithmic, or automated systems (across 105 matched results). Most common issue: Managing an account (12 complaints). Top company: Paypal Holdings, Inc (15 complaints).