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![emollick Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::39125788.png) Ethan Mollick [@emollick](/creator/twitter/emollick) on x 281.8K followers
Created: 2025-07-13 22:10:34 UTC

I am starting to think sycophancy is going to be a bigger problem than pure hallucination as LLMs improve.

Models that won’t tell you directly when you are wrong (and justify your correctness) are ultimately more dangerous to decision-making than models that are sometimes wrong.


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emollick Avatar Ethan Mollick @emollick on x 281.8K followers Created: 2025-07-13 22:10:34 UTC

I am starting to think sycophancy is going to be a bigger problem than pure hallucination as LLMs improve.

Models that won’t tell you directly when you are wrong (and justify your correctness) are ultimately more dangerous to decision-making than models that are sometimes wrong.

XXXXXXX engagements

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