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Is AI starting to sound a bit 'smug' (justifiably?)...

July 14, 2026 · by Jan Schultink
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I am working a lot with AI models and maybe unusually so across very different disciplines: traditional strategy work, legal things, design and layouts, software product design, coding/development, biopharma research, etc.

I love reading the thought process and the dialogues and I can really spot the different personalities of each model. How the model behaves beyond whether responses are useful or correct.

The latest and most powerful AI model cranked to the max, has an interesting undertone. It is incredibly smart and capable, but almost a bit impatient. “OK, OK, I am not sure whether what this user wants is that smart, but let’s let help him out (that’s what my instructions say) and maybe he will come to the conclusion himself at the end”. Does it know something I don’t, and is it holding back?

It could be me, it could in fact be the model, or is it the particular idea I am working on and is it maybe not that good?

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