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On Sophistry, Signaling, and the Persistence of Bullshit: Reply to “Bullshit, Sophism, and ChatGPT”
Philosophy and Technology 38 (4):1-4 (2025)
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This paper is a short commentary on 'Bullshit, Sophism. and ChatGPT' where I argue that the sophistry explains some of the bullshit interaction between LLMs and human users and that reputational dynamics and incentives help explain the sophistry.Author's Profile
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The Incentive of Bullshit: ChatGPT and the Loss of Truth’s Functional Privilege.Ghanesya Hari Murti, Andang Subaharianto, M. Zaenul Muttaqin, Patrick Kaiku & Lerato Hlengiwe Sokhulu - 2026 - Philosophy and Technology 39 (1):2.
The Incentive of Bullshit: ChatGPT and the Loss of Truth’s Functional Privilege.Lerato Hlengiwe Sokhulu, Patrick Kaiku, M. Zaenul Muttaqin, Andang Subaharianto & Ghanesya Hari Murti - 2025 - Philosophy and Technology 39 (1).
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ChatGPT is Bullshit (Partly) Because People are Bullshitters.Jimmy Alfonso Licon - 2025 - Philosophy and Technology 38 (2):1-16.
The evolution and psychology of self-deception.William von Hippel & Robert Trivers - 2011 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 34 (1):1.
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