sycophancy

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Synonyms: sycophantcy, sycophant, sycophants, sycophantry, sycomancy, sycophantly

Antonyms: sycophantcy, sycophant, sycophants, sycophantry, sycomancy, sycophantly

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Noun

1. The fawning behavior of a [[sycophant]]; [[servile]] [[flattery]]; [[fawningness]].
2. {{lb|en|artificial intelligence}} The tendency of a [[language model]] to produce answers that [[flatter]] or [[agree]] with a user’s [[belief]]s or [[bias]]es rather than giving [[accurate]] or [[truthful]] information, or to give [[strategically]] false answers when it infers that it is being evaluated in terms of [[alignment]].

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