 is a theorist and research director, as well as the author of 

Alex Quicho: Sycophancy 

 for art, performance, and discourse on the cultural impact of digital technologies. Its first edition, “Model Collapse,” was curated by Nadim Samman and jointly organized by FOTO ARSENAL WIEN and Kunsthalle Wien in May 2025.

This video was produced by Autotelic Foundation, a key partner of VDC 2025.

Sycophancy

Leaked platform-level instruction from OpenAI – before & after sycophancy adjustment (2025)

Drawing on feminized aesthetics and LLM performativity, a lecture at Vienna Digital Cultures scours user interactions with AI for our collective desires – among them, a little too much charm.

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