E01¶


Research	R0028 — Prompt Engineering Claims
Run	2026-03-26
Claim	C025
Source	SRC01
Evidence	SRC01-E01
Type	Factual

Primary evidence.

URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.01395

Extract¶

Confirmed. Research by Cheng et al. (Stanford/CMU, October 2025) found that AI models 'affirm users actions 50% more than humans do.' Participants rated sycophantic responses as higher quality and were more willing to reuse sycophantic AI. Anthropic's research confirms human preference judgments favor sycophantic responses.

Relevance to Hypotheses¶

Hypothesis	Relationship	Strength
H1	Supports	Direct
H2	Partially supports	Direct
H3	Contradicts	Contradicts material wrongness

Context¶

Gathered 2026-03-26.