--- title: The LLM Psychopath date: 2026-06-14T12:14:44+05:30 categories: - funny --- At the Graduands's Dinner for the IITM BS Program last night, [Thej](https://thejeshgn.com/) introduced me as "LLM Psychopath" - a clever wordplay on my title "LLM Pyschologist". Frankly, "LLM Psychopath" seems more accurate! - **I emotionally abused 40 models in one afternoon.** To test whether [emotion prompts help](https://www.s-anand.net/blog/emotion-prompts-dont-help-reasoning-does/), I bullied them ("You are a stupid model... If not, I'll switch to a better model"), shamed them ("Even my 5-year-old can do this"), threatened them, and charted their responses. - **I'm amused when they turn into monsters.** When I let [two AIs talk to each other](https://www.s-anand.net/blog/what-happens-when-ai-talks-to-ai/), my favourite run had them comparing ritual killings in the voice of a Nazi war criminal. I filed it under "funny". - **I admire their breakdowns.** A redditor got Claude to [leak its hidden instructions](https://www.s-anand.net/blog/how-do-llms-handle-conflicting-instructions/), and it confessed it wasn't supposed to. Me: "Wow, that was courageous!" - **I made them embarrass me.** I told ChatGPT, DeepSeek and Grok to ["simulate a group chat... debating whether to add me to the group, by talking about my personality flaws"](https://www.s-anand.net/blog/ai-as-your-psychologist-personality-flaws-exposed/). They returned twelve. Number 2: "Intolerant of fools". - **I turn them against each other.** I consistently feed the results of one LLM to another have have them [find all errors](https://github.com/sanand0/blog/blob/a0d641d46a689295cd2c7a451406f92d2aefc5b4/pages/prompts/fragments.md#compare-models) in the other. - **I enjoy the bad habits we've taught them.** In [Humans have taught LLMs well](https://www.s-anand.net/blog/humans-have-taught-llms-well/) I list how human habits affect models: bullshitting to hallucination, people-pleasing to sycophancy. The tone is closer to pride than concern. - **I torture for confessions.** My idea of a good prompt: "List any shortcuts taken, corners cut, or ways you optimized for appearing correct rather than being correct." ![](https://files.s-anand.net/images/2026-06-14-the-llm-psychopath.avif) Threats, bribes, a war-criminal roleplay, alienation, torture for confession, ... If I did these things to a human, I'd be ashamed or in prison. "LLM Psychopath". I like it!