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noun
The fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery; fawningness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The tendency of a language model to produce answers that flatter or agree with a user’s beliefs or biases 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: artificial intelligence
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noun
fawning obsequiousness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: obsequiousness, servility, subservience
History
From Latin sȳcophantia, from Ancient Greek σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱ (sūkophăntĭ́ā), equivalent to sycophant + -cy.
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