Ian P. McCarthy | Lightnews

Light up
your news

About Privacy Terms Help

Ian McCarthy

Ian McCarthy

@toffeeman68.bsky.social

640 followers 620 following 240 posts

Professor. Interested in operations, innovation, entrepreneurship, change, social media, creative consumers, education, footie, and bullshit.

You can freely access my articles and presentations here: https://itdependsblog.blogspot.com/p/home.html?m=1 .. more

Business 50%

Economics 9%

more

Posts Replies Media Videos

Pinned

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · Nov 17

Check out the articles that coined the term 'botshit,' i.e., nonsensical AI-generated content that’s trusted and "used" by humans:

doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

hbr.org/2024/07/the-...

Reposted by Ian P. McCarthy

Elisabeth @serialmom.bsky.social · 1d

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...)

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 4d

The limits of smart cities

doi.org/10.1016/j.te...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 13d

A useful chatbot guide for teens (and others) in Science News Magazine by Kathryn Hulick.

www.snexplores.org/article/5-th...

5 things to remember when talking to a chatbot

When using ChatGPT or other chatbots, remember your voice matters and watch out for flattery and hallucinations. And for important advice, ask real people.

www.snexplores.org

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 16d

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.

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 16d

You might be interested in the article that coined the term "botshit", which is a core root cause in the rise of workslop.

See:

doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 16d

You might be interested in the article that coined the term "botshit", which is a core root cause in the rise of workslop.

See:

doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 16d

You might be interested in the article that coined the term "botshit", which is a core root cause in the rise of workslop.

See:

doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 16d

You might be interested in the article that coined the term "botshit", which is a core root cause in the rise of workslop.

See:

doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 16d

You might be interested in the article that coined the term "botshit", which is a core root cause in the rise of workslop.

See:

doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Reposted by Ian P. McCarthy

Harold Jarche @harold.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16d

"... 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 […]

Original post on mastodon.social

mastodon.social

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 22d

You might be interested in the article that coined the term "botshit".

When humans make stuff up they produce bullshit.

When AI makes stuff up & humans uncritically "use" it they produce botshit.

See:
doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 22d

You might be interested in the article that coined the term "botshit".

When humans make stuff up they produce bullshit.

When AI makes stuff up & humans uncritically "use" it they produce botshit.

See:
doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 22d

You might be interested in the article that coined the term "botshit".

When humans make stuff up they produce bullshit.

When AI makes stuff up & humans uncritically "use" it they produce botshit.

See:
doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 22d

You might be interested in the article that coined the term "botshit".

When humans make stuff up they produce bullshit.

When AI makes stuff up & humans uncritically "use" it they produce botshit.

See:
doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...