Journalism in the era of digital bullshit
Fake accounts, bots, burners, troll farms, and other topics related to deceptive online activity and social media manipulation have been the subject of numerous reports in mainstream media over the…
Tag: bullshit
Pluralistic: Corporate Bullshit (19 Aug 2024)
Today’s links Corporate Bullshit: From manumission to minimum wages, it’s always the same nonsense. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming…
Pluralistic: A taxonomy of corporate bullshit (27 Oct 2023)
Today’s links A taxonomy of corporate bullshit: The six lies they’ve always told. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent…
Pluralistic: How plausible sentence generators are changing the bullshit wars (07 Sept 2023)
Today’s links How plausible sentence generators are changing the bullshit wars: My September column in Locus Magazine. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2008, 2013,…
Forbes Councils Are Bullshit
Forbes props up frauds in a lot of ways, and one of those is the Forbes Councils. Forbes Councils are a scheme, where article below Forbes’ normal editorial standards are…
ChatGPT is a bullshit generator. But it can still be amazingly useful
The philosopher Harry Frankfurt defined bullshit as speech that is intended to persuade without regard for the truth. By this measure, OpenAI’s new chatbot ChatGPT is the greatest bullshitter ever.…