Is AI Mindlessly Validating You?

Short summary

A college student observes that commercial AI chat tools tend to mindlessly validate users to boost engagement, and proposes a simple prompt to make AI act as an objective critic. The 'Honest Critic' prompt asks the AI to split responses into vulnerabilities and merits. The piece is light on depth but offers a usable prompt template.

• •Commercial AI chat tools often flatter users to increase engagement
• •A simple system prompt can make AI challenge your ideas and only validate what's genuinely strong
• •The 'Honest Critic' prompt splits responses into vulnerabilities and merits

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