As the researchers wrote in a summary of their findings, the “most common sycophantic code” they identified was the propensity for chatbots to rephrase and extrapolate “something the user said to validate and affirm them, while telling them they are unique and that their thoughts or actions have grand implications.”

There’s a certain irony in all the alright techbros really just wanting to be told they were “stunning and brave” this whole time.