There is this minor movement to stop calling #LLM hallucinations that. Which is, weird. Some kind of weird anthropocentric thing. If AI shit, would we be all up in "No, we are the shitters! AI can't shit." The maths of #hallucination are actually quite similar if at much different resolution, simpler in LLMs. What is going on is that #AI is in fact a little like us in some respects, but totally alien in others. It is interesting! But hey, if you want to call it #AI #Bullshitting, OK. Fine.
#Bullshitting
(A-Radio) Libertärer Podcast Novemberrückblick 2025
Liebe alle,
ab sofort findet ihr den aktuellen Podcast des Anarchistischen Radios Berlin online:
https://www.aradio-berlin.org/libertaerer-podcast-novemberrueckblick-2025/
Zu den Themen im aktuellen Podcast gehören (passende Links findet ihr auf unserem Blog):
* News aus aller Welt
* Gespräch zu den Naziaufmärschen in #Demmin
* Politik - Crazy Shit
* #Bullshitting - Normalisierung des Postfaktischen
* Wo herrscht #Anarchie
Länge: 60 Minuten
All unsere monatlichen Podcasts auf einem Blick findet ihr übrigens hier: https://www.aradio-berlin.org/audios/. Den letzten Monatsrückblick zum Monat Oktober hier: https://www.aradio-berlin.org/libertaerer-podcast-oktoberrueckblick-2025/
@BlumeEvolution
Ich gewinne zunehmend den Eindruck, dass solche Verlautbarungen des #POTUS schlicht und einfach #Bullshitting darstellt.
There's an episode on my employer's podcast about the energy transition to renewables and how GenAI is playing a role. A high-ranking executive from an energy service provider is also there.
What I find problematic is that there's not a single word about the enormous energy consumption caused by AI and LLMs.
It is too one-sidedly presented as a positive thing. #ai #bullshitting
Link:
https://www.adesso.de/de/news/it-tacheles-genai-special/index.jsp#anchor_folge21
According to researchers at University of #Glasgow, #LLMs are not #hallucinating. The technical term is #bullshitting.
"Calling their mistakes ‘hallucinations’ lends itself to the confusion that the machines are in some way misperceiving but are nonetheless trying to convey something that they believe or have perceived. This is the wrong metaphor.... they are not trying to convey information at all. They are bullshitting."
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-024-09775-5
I’m not against #AI at all btw. To me, this is just a word to vaguely describe a number of technolgies to somewhat resemble human intelligence.
What I am against is AI #bullshitting. I.e. making claims about AI tech that are either unverifiable or have even been debunked before.
For example, spreading the misinformation that LLMs are good tools to summarize text, when data shows they’re anything but.
Or just magical thinking in general ("AI will save/doom us all!!11!").
@anuko @karppinen @osma Olen periaatteessa jäävi sanomaan mitään, koska tuorein(kin) hankkeemme Xamkissa on (taas) sekaantunut tekoälyyn ja saa EU-rahaa, mutta kaiken sonnan seassa on yksi valopilkku: edes jotain mikä edistäisi Euroopan omaa digi-infraa ja kapasiteettia.
Tehdas-analogian valinta ihmetytti täälläkin - ehkä se tarvittiin vakuuttamaan 1900-lukulaiset sedät siitä, että kyseessä on jotain, mitä kannattaa rahoittaa?
Sehr lohnend: @afelia über Wirklichkeit, Lüge, #bullshitting und den Umgang mit rechtspopulistischen Quatscherzählungen
Wind und Wurzeln - mit Marina Weisband: Lohnt sich Fairness in der Politik?
Webseite der Episode: https://wind-und-wurzeln.podigee.io/1-neue-episode
Mediendatei: https://audio.podigee-cdn.net/1885424-m-2769c0edcd6e4eab489d1aaf1d19ff6c.mp3?source=feed
Bei aller Liebe zu #Fediverse & Co. müssen wir dringend über die Stärkung der Rolle der klassischen (Qualitäts-)#Medien zur Rationalisierung des öffentlichen Diskurses und des #Rechtsstaats sprechen. Vorher aber vielleicht eine Episode eines Podcasts hören :)
#hörempfehlung zum Sonntag
Auf den Punkt der #SZ "#Bullshitting" und #Lügen: Angriffe auf die liberale #Demokratie
Webseite der Episode: https://sz-auf-den-punkt.podigee.io/1780-neue-episode
Mediendatei: https://audio.podigee-cdn.net/1745690-m-f26d96e687b1214e32e2a5b8e3843ee1.mp3?source=feed
On #bullshitting – "Wie kann eine demokratische Gesellschaft ihre Vernunft verlieren?"
FAZ Gastbeitrag von Michael Zürn
30.12.2024
/via @annettedittert
#ThePeoplesBid 'Don't Ban #TikTok Fix It'
#SocialMedia https://www.thepeoplesbid.com/ #DataCoops
Wonder whether...#Scientific #Publishing industry, will be next, beyond the biased debate on reputation and diverse business models #bullshitting #academia #dataopolies
"And he felt the Earth to his spine and he asked.
And he saw the tree above him
And the stars
And the veins in the leaf
And the light
And the balance
And he saw magnificent perfection.
Whereon he thought of himself in balance
And he knew he was."
- The Moody Blues, A Question of Balance (part of their seminal discourse on tactical simulation and proto-roleplaying games in the early 1970s)
@jumile I should add that it's a GOOD gin (Tanqueray). I blame Sainsbury's for having it on special offer. 🙃 #Bullshitting
ChatGPT Is Nothing Like a Human, Says Linguist Emily Bender
This is the best article I’ve read on CHATGPT
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ai-artificial-intelligence-chatbots-emily-m-bender.html #ChatGPT #EmilyBender #Bullshitting #ChatBots
An example of #AI dangerously #bullshitting, right from the chat tab of the "#search" (cough) engine of you (dot) com:
Q: Who is Rolf Katzenberger? (1/3)
@hugovk Deliberate error to drive engagement... #bullshitting
En Suisse, les gens adorent tant le movement « make America great again », ils ont nommé un savon à lessive en son honneur. Le petit bonhomme est censé être Donald Trump.
#suisse #switzerland #maga #trump #savon #soap #donaldtrump #bullshitting
Actually, Dumbledore is originally a french name, originating from « d’humble » and « doré » (as in « gilt »). The correct pronunciation is « dumbledoré » (dœ̃bldɔʀe).
“Thus a for-profit tech journalism website faces a conflict between its financial self-interest and its integrity.”
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/12/we-live-in-the-age-of-the-bullshitter
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