Post #3254220
2026-06-07 04:16 UTC
@grammargirl@zirk.us
I have always liked Harry Frankfurt's definition of 'bullshit' as the boasting of a statement, one utterly without regard for its truth or falsity, but delivered with outright certainty.
So 'hallucination' might be the industry-standard lie, but I've simply come to call these machines 'bullshit engines'. Whether they are right doesn't matter, but they sure do sound like they know...
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@sabik@rants.au 2026-06-07 07:46
@theogrin@chaosfem.tw @grammargirl@zirk.us "bullshit fountain" is another nice turn of phrase #GenAI