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by tialaramex 1254 days ago
Yes, ChatGPT is even more the essence of a bullshitter than Donald Trump was. Back when they were both leaders I would say that the crucial difference between Trump and Boris (Johnson, the UK Prime Minister at the end of Trump's period in office) was that Boris is a liar whereas Trump is a bullshitter, and for humans I think they were pretty poles apart in this respect. But ChatGPT is not burdened with the pragmatic knowledge of its immediate world that constrains even Donald Trump. When Trump denies something you can both see for yourselves is true, that's not bullshit, it's just lying. When ChatGPT says this fifteen letter "word" has sixteen letters it honestly has no idea that's not true.