Masad: AI can act sycophantically and reinforce human narcissism
Amjad Masad · AI CEO: How To Make A $10M Business With AI Employees (Amjad Masad, CEO of @replit) · Jul 30, 2025 · at 1:18:25
Amjad Masad, CEO of Replit, discusses psychological hazards of prolonged interaction with generative AI models with Codie Sanchez.
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“In terms of what is actually scary about it, I think AI can be very sycophantic, and it can mirror you, and it can reinforce your narcissistic tendencies, which we all have, but, you know, a lot of people are spending a lot of time with AI, and AI is, is basically like, if you have like a, Sycophantic friend or psychopathic person who's trying to manipulate you, they will often just, like, mirror you and, like, reinforce anything you say”
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