just had to edit my anti-sycophancy system prompt a bit, was occasionally making 4.8 unusable
Tom McGrath@banburismus_
you have to be kidding me
8:26 AM · Jun 2, 2026 · 2.1K Views
Gavin Leech, Arb co-founder, modifies system prompt as model 4.8 generates deliberate strawman arguments to let users win
The update followed the model refusing to rewrite code.
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gavin leech (Non-Reasoning)@gleech
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@QiaochuYuan there's something quite weird with how 4.8 has learned to 'push back' that seems related to this, too. like deliberate strawman counterarguments that are chosen to be easy to knock down, playing fake-high within low specifically to give User the chance to get a reversal and win
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