flattery

Some leaders have learned that flattery—and a healthy dose of lobbying in person—can earn them big rewards.

"I don't want flattery. I want to hear the truth. It's the people who kept telling me that everything was fine who are responsible for our current situation," he said.

World leaders appear to have realised Nobel flattery is a way to his heart.

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery – and now we have Arne Slot's Liverpool repeating the old Ferguson punishment as they relentlessly pursue victories and trophies.

Experts say flattery and agreement built into large language models can fuel such delusions.