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

• 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 [...]

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)

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