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minotauri

ocean sounds for those of you who need it

snakepyre

thanks i made a little painting about it

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thebdelliumlady

For anyone wondering, the PhD student's name is Myra Cheng.

Here's a link to an article about the study from the Stanford Report: link.

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Across three preregistered studies, participants interacting with sycophantic AI became more convinced of their own rightness and less willing to repair relationships. Yet at the same time, participants rated sycophantic AI models as higher quality, more trustworthy, and more desirable for future use, which may explain why this behavior has persisted despite its harmful impacts.

Myra Cheng et al. "Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence." Science 391, eaec8352 (2026).

Cozy. New comic on Tapas

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everythingfox

Spooky duck

uswolves

How thoroughly do you sketch the outlines of your image before you begin to paint?

I thought it'd be fun to post some side-by-sides so you can see! A lot of my paintings on here start of as drawings, so they are often pretty thought out. Generally I tend to wing it a little bit more if I have a good visual for the image in my head and it's a small simple piece. I have enough confidence these days that I mostly trust myself to not ruin a painting if I don't have every little detail planned out. Certainly with larger paintings I find that if I've already solved everything in the sketch, I get pretty bored having to spend so much time painting it- it's like leaving yourself with nothing but a big colouring book. No fun at all!!