S03¶


Research	R0043 — Sycophancy Vocabulary
Run	2026-03-28
Query	Q001
Search	S03

WebSearch — UX/product design and confirmation bias terminology for AI chatbots

Summary¶

Field	Value
Source/Database	WebSearch
Query terms	UX design confirmation bias AI chatbot user satisfaction over accuracy product design
Filters	None
Results returned	10
Results selected	2
Results rejected	8

Selected Results¶

Result	Title	URL	Rationale
S03-R01	Algorithmic people-pleasers — ARTICLE 19	https://www.article19.org/resources/algorithmic-people-pleasers-are-ai-chatbots-telling-you-what-you-want-to-hear/	Policy/rights organization framing with "people-pleasing" terminology
S03-R02	Confirmation Bias in Generative AI Chatbots — arXiv	https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.09343	Academic paper on confirmation bias amplification in chatbot design

Rejected Results¶

Result	Title	URL	Rationale
S03-R03	AI and Confirmation Bias — Mediate.com	https://mediate.com/ai-and-confirmation-bias/	Mediation-focused; tangential to product design
S03-R04	Confirmation Bias Loop — ElizaChat	https://www.elizachat.com/blog/the-confirmation-bias-loop-in-ai-chatbots-why-endless-agreement-isnt-support	Commercial blog; content covered by academic sources
S03-R05	Nine UX best practices — Mind the Product	https://www.mindtheproduct.com/deep-dive-ux-best-practices-for-ai-chatbots/	Practitioner guide without terminology focus
S03-R06	UX Design Best Practices — NeuronUX	https://www.neuronux.com/post/ux-design-for-conversational-ai-and-chatbots	Design guide; does not address the accuracy/agreement trade-off
S03-R07	Confirmation Bias in AI Chatbots — ResearchGate	https://www.researchgate.net/publication/390771605	Duplicate of arXiv paper already selected
S03-R08	Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty — ScienceDirect	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451958826000916	Focuses on loyalty metrics, not accuracy trade-offs
S03-R09	Building user trust — Nature	https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-38179-2	Trust in chatbots; does not address sycophancy-adjacent phenomena
S03-R10	Designing UX for AI Chatbots — ParallelHQ	https://www.parallelhq.com/blog/ux-ai-chatbots	Commercial design guide without relevant terminology

Notes¶

UX/product design literature uses "confirmation bias amplification," "people-pleasing," and "yes-man behavior" as informal descriptors rather than formalized domain terms. The field borrows "sycophancy" from AI safety when needed. No distinct UX-native terminology was found for the system-side phenomenon.