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Recent Examples of sycophancy
TikTok's masterclass in sycophancy is an excellent example of what dealmaking in the Trump era looks like in practice.
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Felix Salmon, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
Their approach vacillates between resentful disdain or pandering sycophancy, both of which continually backfire on them.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
A certain amount of sycophancy toward the more bizarre elements of the coalition is also common.
—Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 25 Nov. 2024
Other tests showed that models can show what’s called a sycophancy bias — the tendency of an LLM to backpedal on a correct answer to please the user.
—Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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Felix Salmon, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
Their approach vacillates between resentful disdain or pandering sycophancy, both of which continually backfire on them.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
A certain amount of sycophancy toward the more bizarre elements of the coalition is also common.
—Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 25 Nov. 2024
Other tests showed that models can show what’s called a sycophancy bias — the tendency of an LLM to backpedal on a correct answer to please the user.
—Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sycophancy
Noun
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Joseph Lawrence, whose adoration of his first wife blinds him to all other women, is getting dragged to the strip club.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
15 Apr. 2025
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TikTok users were quick to share their adoration of the special moment.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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While the church itself is small, the views from the hilltop around the place of worship spread out for miles.—
Carolyn Heller,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The groups sought a preliminary order barring ICE staff from various places of worship while the full lawsuit went ahead.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Apr. 2025
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Empathy rather than the idolatry of power will actually make our nation strong.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Apr. 2025
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Miracle workers, moreover, often become the subjects of so much popular devotion that their authority can begin to approach idolatry or rival that of the Church itself.—
Emily Harnett,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Sycophancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sycophancy. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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