[beacon473]

> You may think it's being critical of you, but it's not. It's ultimately interacting you on your terms, saying what you want to hear when you want to hear it.

That's been my experience with human therapists. When I tell Claude to stop being sycophantic, it complies. When I tell a human to stop being sycophantic, they get defensive.

I agree that an ideal human therapists would be better than Claude, but most that I've worked with are far from ideal. Most are not very bright, easily manipulated, and quick to defensiveness when questioned. And Claude won't try to get me to take random meds with the only justification for the specific medication being 'got to start somewhere'.