Why Chatbots are bound to spout bullshit
Much has changed since 1986, when the Princeton philosopher Harry Frankfurt published an essay in an obscure journal, Raritan, titled “On Bullshit”. Yet the essay, later republished as a slim bestseller, remains unnervingly relevant. Frankfurt’s brilliant insight was that bullshit lies outside the realm of truth and lies. A liar cares about the tru
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@TimHarford You're giving the algorithms way too much agency here. They're pattern matchers, not bullshit artists.
