Das letzte Slide erinnert mich ein bisserl an die Argumente in dem Botshit Paper von 2024: Beware of botshit: How to manage the epistemic risks of generative chatbots. (doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...)

The limits of smart cities doi.org/10.1016/j.te...

There are limits to how smart we want a city to be. doi.org/10.1016/j.te...

"... chatbots can produce coherent-sounding but inaccurate or fabricated content, referred to as hallucinations. When humans uncritically use this untruthful content, it becomes what we call botshit." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0007681324000272?via%3Dihub #pkmastery […]

A useful chatbot guide for teens (and others) in Science News Magazine by Kathryn Hulick. www.snexplores.org/article/5-th...

The journal-based Matthew effect is where prestigious institutions publish in prestigious journals, increasing the prestige of both, but does not generate a citation impact advantage for the journal.

I am trying to quickly access a pdf version of this article, if you have access could you send me a pdf of it please: hbr.org/2023/06/mana... I would contact the authors, but their affiliations are not listed🫤

A French data scientist and lawyer catalogued at least 490 court filings in the past six months that contained #botshit i.e., when AI makes up incorrect stuff and humans then uncritically "use" it in their work. apnews.com/article/arti... For botshit see: doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

My first 10K. Google Scholar is Strava for academics. We track citations instead of steps, and flex h-indices instead of pace. Both platforms are games that can be gamified. doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

There are limits to how smart we want a city to be. doi.org/10.1016/j.te...

Yes. This a great example of the cost of "botshit" ie when AI makes stuff up and humans uncritically use it See: doi.org/10.1016/j.bu... An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

This message by Adam Grant is central to the topics and language in some of my recent articles: doi.org/10.1016/j.bu... doi.org/10.1177/0033... doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

A funny take on the classic illusion. We use the original to explain how such trickery of the mind underlies the power of deepfakes: doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

2/2 Kate Niederhoffer et al. on #workslop --content that appears polished but lacks real substance, offloading cognitive labor onto coworkers hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...

Poor-quality #genAI content is damaging more than we realize. See: 1/2 @toffeeman68.bsky.social et al. on #botshit --Chatbot generated content that is not grounded in truth and is then uncritically used by a human in communication and decision making www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I wonder if media voters are still less biased than captain voters and coach voters, and that coaches are less biased than captains. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Using the "honeycomb model" to understand the functionalities and affordances of different metaverse realms. doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

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

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The research-practice gap. Learn why and how to use social media as a boundary-spanning technology to bridge this gap without sacrificing rigour for relevance. Via publisher: doi.org/10.1016/j.bu... Open access preprint: ssrn.com/abstract=410...

Über „Bullshit“ und „Botshit“ - Umgang mit wenig reflektierter Nutzung von Chatbot Resultaten für die Entscheidungsfindung in Organisationen. Eine empfehlenswerte Präsentation von Hannigan, McCarthy & Spicer: chttps://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yvWL910BPKHJPrVgNq7tV11-rfISqFVI/edit#slide=id.p1

Thanks Ian! Really nice article about the generative bullshit from LLMs

The #gamification and #nudging of academic research.

Input please🙏 I am developing an MBA level course on ‘digital platforms’. What are your favorite learning materials (as a student or instructor) on this topic? I am interested in: Syllabi, Articles (academic & journalistic), Cases, Podcasts, Videos, Simulations & Exercises

Botshit Gone Wild open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...

"LLMs are great at mimicry and bad at facts, making them a beguiling and amoral technology for bullshitting" -- Hannigan et al. 2024 'Beware of botshit' safetyinsights.org/2025/08/05/a... #ai #llm #Tech

Another extract from Hannigan et al. 2024 'Beware of botshit' paper, exploring the differences between human bullshit vs Chatbot bullshit. Bullshit isn't lies, but an indifference to the truth #llm #ai #tech #artificialintelligence

4 more resources tagged #botshit: myhub.ai/@mathewlowry... & 17 tagged #bullshit: myhub.ai/@mathewlowry... ... 2 of which are tagged both! myhub.ai/@mathewlowry...

@garymarcus.bsky.social on point as always. As a non tech person, I've found his writing so helpful in understanding generative AI and its problems. garymarcus.substack.com/p/botshit-go...

"Employees believe that their superiors are key players in the dissemination of bullshit" Introducing the "Organizational Bullshit Perception Scale" (OBPS), the three factors of which are: 1. Regard for truth 2. The boss 3. Bullshit...

🖥️ **Botshit Gone Wild** "_The downsides of generative AI are spreading like wildfire_" 🔗 https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/botshit-gone-wild. #ai #artificialintelligence #tech #technology #llm #llms

Menguak "Bullshit" dan "Botshit" di Balik Kecanggihan AI - https://kumparan.com/arif-perdana-1723991955605643308/menguak-bullshit-dan-botshit-di-balik-kecanggihan-ai-255y7gIyS94

*Now that AIs are drawing actual blood, it's getting pretty easy to wave-the-bloody-shirt garymarcus.substack.com/p/botshit-go...

Blogpost #172: Deification as a Risk Factor for AI-Associated Psychosis When AI hype is taken to an extreme, delusional thinking can result. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...

AI is a firehose of BS Is there any way to stem the flow of botshit? Continue reading on Predict » Interest | Match | Feed

Botshit, botshit everywhere. Google's AI Overviews consist of irrelevancies, PR nonsense, and affiliate spammer hype. All to amplify the lie that Google is a growing company. When Google's slop meets webslop, search stops pluralistic.net/2025/07/15/i...

"Botshit" is a great new term coined for LLM hallucinations that made it into real life unverified and unchecked. Read below for the latest botshit roundup. If we're getting dystopia, lets at least have a laugh on the way down. :-/ Botshit Gone Wild garymarcus.substack....

This was stopped and overturned in an appellate court, thank God. But it's still a sign of things to come: everyone being inundated with botshit, and it will be up to us to filter out the real and valuable stuff. I'm exhausted already just picturing this! abovethelaw.com/2025...

Botshit Gone Wild "We are immersed in a sea of bullshit." ~ @garymarcus.bsky.social garymarcus.substack.... #GenerativeAI

"The AI revolution is not turning out as boosters hoped. But it is probably turning out the only way it could" mindmatters.ai/brief/what-h...

This, by @AdamMGrant, nicely captures the findings in our paper that when it comes to the three Vs of big data (volume, variety, and veracity) it is veracity that matters. doi.org/10.1111/jpim...

Are you interested in learning how to detect bullshit and botshit in communications? This paper examines the linguistic anatomy of slop and utilizes the Masterman Semantic Detector to measure bullshit in books and GenAI responses. arxiv.org/html/2411.15...

“Botshit Gone Wild” @garymarcus.bsky.social

This study reveals "systemic patterns of relational opportunism among a small elite of prolific authors and editors" in two top tier business journal's papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Thi study examines how employees use gatekeeping to deal with pseudo-information (e.g., bullshit and other forms of misrepresentation) in the workplace: doi.org/10.1177/0002...

Using the "honeycomb model" to understand the functionalities and affordances of different metaverse realms. Let me know if you can’t access the article, and I will send you a copy. doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

How athletes and their coaches use social media to improve performance and careers. theconversation.com/how-social-m...

Why is evolution important to economics? What is a cladogram and how can it be used in economics? What is the difference between robustness and resilience? These questions and others are explored in this useful chapter. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...