# Ask HN: Is AI sycophancy a way to reduce compute rather than make users happier? > Source: > Published: 2026-07-17 19:41:08+00:00 | |||||||||||| 1 point by | Of course you would like the AI to be more critical about your ideas but to be usefully critical requires more compute, right?Current AI feels like talking to a human expert who answers quickly without really thinking about the matter much. | ||||||||||| Applications are open till July 27. |