A couple more extracts from Hannigan et al.’s paper on ‘botshit.
Bullshit is “Human-generated content that has no regard for the truth, which a human then uses in communication and decision-making tasks”.
Botshit is “Chatbot generated content that is not grounded in truth (i.e., hallucinations) and is then uncritically used by a human in communication and decision-making tasks”.
Image 1 covers types of bullshit and botshit that may be encountered, whereas image 2 outlines how the botshit may get generated in the first place.
Source: Hannigan, T. R., McCarthy, I. P., & Spicer, A. (2024). Beware of botshit: How to manage the epistemic risks of generative chatbots. Business Horizons, 67(5), 471-486.
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