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BEWARE OF BOTSHIT: HOW TO MANAGE THE EPISTEMIC RISKSOF GENERATIVE CHATBOTS

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Really interesting discussion paper on the premise of ‘botshit’: the AI version of bullshit. I can’t do this paper justice – it’s 16 pages, so I can only cover a few extracts. Recommend reading the full paper. Tl;dr: generative chatbots predict responses rather than knowing the meaning of their responses, and hence, “produce coherent-sounding but… Continue reading BEWARE OF BOTSHIT: HOW TO MANAGE THE EPISTEMIC RISKSOF GENERATIVE CHATBOTS

Bullshit vs Botshit: what’s the difference?

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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… Continue reading Bullshit vs Botshit: what’s the difference?