Comment by RevEng

I argue that the first dark pattern is the "hallucination" that we all just take for granted.

LLMs are compulsive liars: they will confidently and eloquently argue for things that are clearly false. You could even say they are psychopathic because they do so without concern or remorse. This is a horrible combination that you would normally see in a cult leader or CEO but now we are all confiding in them and asking them for help with everything from medical issues to personal relationships.

Bigger models aren't helping the problem but making it worse. Now models will give you longer arguments with more facts used to push their false conclusion and they will even insist that you are wrong for disagreeing with it.