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Study finds ChatGPT language mirrors political and workplace "bullshit"

A new paper explores the concept of "bullshit" language as defined by Harry Frankfurt, examining whether it can be detected in the output of large language models like ChatGPT. Researchers analyzed scientific publications against text generated by ChatGPT, finding statistical similarities that link the model's artificial bullshit to political and workplace bullshit described by George Orwell and David Graeber. The study suggests that language features associated with bullshit can be reliably identified and related across both artificial and natural language contexts. AI

IMPACT This research could lead to new methods for detecting and potentially mitigating 'bullshit' or nonsensical output from AI models.

RANK_REASON Academic paper published on arXiv discussing LLM language characteristics. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Study finds ChatGPT language mirrors political and workplace "bullshit"

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Alessandro Trevisan, Harry Giddens, Sarah Dillon, Alan F. Blackwell ·

    The BS-meter: Detecting Politics and Labour through ChatGPT's Language

    arXiv:2411.15129v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: What can we learn about language from studying how it is used by ChatGPT and other large language model (LLM)-based chatbots? In this paper, we analyse the distinctive character of language generated by ChatGPT, in relatio…