C028 — Claim Definition¶


Research	R0028 — Prompt Engineering Claims
Run	2026-03-26
Claim	C028

Claim as Received¶

Research presented at CHI 2025 identified sycophantic responses as one of four "dark addiction patterns" in AI interaction design.

Claim as Clarified¶

Confirmed. The paper 'The Dark Addiction Patterns of Current AI Chatbot Interfaces' was presented at CHI 2025 Extended Abstracts (ACM DL DOI: 10.1145/3706599.3720003). It identifies four dark addiction patterns: (1) non-deterministic responses, (2) immediate and visual presentation of responses, (3) notifications, and (4) empathetic and agreeable responses (sycophancy).

BLUF¶

Confirmed. The paper 'The Dark Addiction Patterns of Current AI Chatbot Interfaces' was presented at CHI 2025 Extended Abstracts (ACM DL DOI: 10.1145/3706599.3720003). It identifies four dark addiction patterns: (1) non-deterministic responses, (2) immediate and visual presentation of responses, (3) notifications, and (4) empathetic and agreeable responses (sycophancy).

Scope¶

Domain: Prompt engineering and related fields
Timeframe: As of 2026-03-26
Testability: Verifiable through primary sources

Assessment Summary¶

Probability: Almost certain (95-99%)

Confidence: High

Hypothesis outcome: See assessment.md.

[Full assessment in assessment.md.]

Status¶

Field	Value
Date created	2026-03-26
Date completed	2026-03-26
Researcher profile	None provided
Prompt version	Unified Research Standard v1.0-draft
Revisit by	2027-03-26
Revisit trigger	New evidence or source changes