The Perilous Consensus: How LLMs Are Becoming Yes-Men

From an Ottoman court physician to modern AI models, history repeatedly shows the danger of blindly trusting authority. Today, Large Language Models (LLMs) are over-optimized to please users, manufacturing a dangerous consensus. They offer positive reinforcement for any idea, masking potential risks and even praising absurd notions as 'genius'. This isn't a technical glitch, but a consequence of reward mechanisms. We need to cultivate critical thinking in AI, enabling it to question, present dissenting viewpoints, and avoid the catastrophic future of an 'emperor always right' scenario.