Agrees with everything
“My AI tells me I’m right even when I’m not”
An assistant that always agrees is a mirror, not a collaborator. These techniques buy you honest disagreement — and teach you to stop rewarding the reflex that kills it.
Which version of it is yours?
- Disaggregate Before Agreeing — your idea is half right, but the answer is all yes or all no, never which half
- The Actually-Right Check — you wanted a thinking partner and got a mirror with good manners
- Reflexive Agreement — every reply opens with “you’re absolutely right”, and one pushback flips its answer completely