Over the weekend, one report from tech site the Information estimated that OpenAI was on course to spend an astonishing $5bn more than it makes in revenue this year alone: If we're right, OpenAI, most recently valued at $80bn, will need to raise more cash in the next 12 months or so.
The most pessimistic version of the story is that AI – specifically, chatbots, the expensive and competitive segment of the industry that has taken the public's imagination by storm – is simply not as good as we'd been told.
The first time you use ChatGPT it's a miracle, but by the 100th time, the flaws remain apparent and the magic has faded into the background. ChatGPT, you decide, is bullshit.
In this paper, we argue against the view that when ChatGPT and the like produce false claims, they are lying or even hallucinating, and in favour of the position that the activity they are engaged in is bullshitting.
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