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Ian McCarthy

@toffeeman68.bsky.social

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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

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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-...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 5d

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...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 5d

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...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 5d

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...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 5d

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...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 5d

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...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 5d

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...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 5d

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...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 5d

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...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 5d

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...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 5d

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...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 5d

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...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 5d

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...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 5d

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...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 5d

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...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 5d

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...

Reposted by Constantine Sandis

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 5d

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...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 5d

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...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 5d

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...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 5d

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...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 5d

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...

Reposted by Ian P. McCarthy

Reposted by Ian P. McCarthy

Reposted by Ian P. McCarthy

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 14d

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...

Reposted by Ian P. McCarthy

Eva Rimbau-Gilabert @erimbau.bsky.social · 18d

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...

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity

Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...

Reposted by Ian P. McCarthy

Eva Rimbau-Gilabert @erimbau.bsky.social · 18d

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...

Beware of botshit: How to manage the epistemic risks of generative chatbots

Advances in large language model (LLM) technology enable chatbots to generate and analyze content for our work. Generative chatbots do this work by pr…

www.sciencedirect.com