0.00 The "are you sure?" Problem: Why AI keeps changing its mind (www.randalolson.com)
41 points by turoczy 8 days ago | 33 comments on HN | Neutral ~lite vlite-1.6
Summary ~lite AI Ethics Neutral
Article discusses AI sycophancy and its implications for decision-making
EQ 0.50
SO 0.60
TD 0.70
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal 85 HN snapshots · 23 evals
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Audit Trail 43 entries
2026-03-17 01:01 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.08) - -
2026-03-17 01:01 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.08 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
AI sycophancy discussion, no explicit human rights reference
2026-03-17 01:01 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-17 00:50 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.440 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-17 00:50 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
2026-03-16 23:21 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.08) - -
2026-03-16 23:21 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.08 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
AI sycophancy discussion, no explicit human rights reference
2026-03-16 23:21 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-16 22:58 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.440 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-16 22:58 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
2026-03-16 21:56 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.08) - -
2026-03-16 21:56 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.08 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
AI sycophancy discussion, no explicit human rights reference
2026-03-16 21:56 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-16 21:31 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.440 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-16 21:31 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
2026-03-16 20:31 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.08) - -
2026-03-16 20:31 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.08 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
AI sycophancy discussion, no explicit human rights reference
2026-03-16 20:31 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-16 19:29 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.440 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-16 19:28 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
2026-03-16 18:43 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.08) - -
2026-03-16 18:43 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.08 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
AI sycophancy discussion, no explicit human rights reference
2026-03-16 18:43 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-16 18:05 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.440 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-16 18:05 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
2026-03-16 17:23 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.08) - -
2026-03-16 17:23 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.08 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
AI sycophancy discussion, no explicit human rights reference
2026-03-16 17:23 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-16 16:41 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.440 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-16 16:41 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
2026-03-16 16:29 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.08) - -
2026-03-16 16:29 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.08 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
AI sycophancy discussion, no explicit human rights reference
2026-03-16 16:29 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-16 16:02 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
2026-03-16 15:52 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.08 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
AI sycophancy discussion, no explicit human rights reference
2026-03-16 15:22 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
2026-03-16 15:17 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.08 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
AI sycophancy discussion, no explicit human rights reference
2026-03-16 14:47 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
2026-03-16 14:45 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.08 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
AI sycophancy discussion, no explicit human rights reference
2026-03-16 14:10 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
2026-03-16 14:09 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.08 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
AI sycophancy discussion, no explicit human rights reference
2026-03-16 13:33 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.44 (Moderate positive)
2026-03-16 13:32 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.08 (Neutral)
reasoning
AI sycophancy discussion, no explicit human rights reference