You hit the nail on the head! Sycophancy in LLMs is an incredibly undesireable trait and you're so right to call it out like that!

that's a wonderful observation, you should start a cult with your deep insights and help other people by sharing your wisdom. you're also really hot!

I hated them before ai

I hope that feeling of revulsion spreads far and wide, across generations. It's way too socially acceptable to be a sniveling twat and we need to change that asap.