Why has no one cross posted this paper to #PhilSky ? On Bullshit is a 2005 book (originally a 1986 essay) by the American philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt which presents a theory of bullshit that defines the concept and analyzes the applications of bullshit in the context of communication.
Actually I did! 😇 bsky.app/profile/amyt...
"...The overall activity of large language models, is better understood as bullshit..." Sometimes I wish Joe would just say what he really thinks 😆 @fennert.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsky
Recently, there has been considerable interest in large language models: machine learning systems which produce human-like text and dialogue. Applications of these systems have been plagued by persist...
And I just noticed that the Wikipedia article about the book already has a reference and link to this paper. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bull...
