#BullshitMachines
Tiedättekö, miten PNP transistoreista rakennetaan piiri, joka sytyttää LED valon kun piiriin tulee jännite? Ei se mitään, ei tiedä Googlen AI:kään. (Selitystä riitti. #BullshitMachines
October 31, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Great 12/2022 "Against automated plagiarism" blogpost, but it seems a bit twee ~2.5 years later--especially when you write "LLMs cannot legitimately be used to write academic essays." We know LLMs are getting articles past peer review. My students (and I!) are using the bullshitmachines. What next?
Since I 1st released this short blog post, many seem to have found it useful. I have now obtained a doi to facilitate citing it.

van Rooij, I. (2022) Against automated plagiarism. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

(Thanks to @olivia.science for encouraging me to do so).
Against automated plagiarism
Originally published here: https://irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2022/12/29/against-automated-plagiarism/ Cite as: van Rooij, I. (2022) Against automated plagiarism. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15866638
doi.org
July 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Not surprised at all that convos w AI cause and/or hasten mental breakdowns.

It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.

The ability to greatly influence what ppl think about and how *is* the power that is sought through AI. Early victims are extra useful for the broligarchs.

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Insane ChatGPT message
June 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is worth your time. #BullshitMachines
Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines: Introduction
A free online humanities course about how to learn and work and thrive in an AI world.
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January 7, 2026 at 2:21 AM
The #bullshitmachines: a course by @ct_bergstrom and @jevinwest

https://thebullshitmachines.com
INTRODUCTION
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February 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Leuk dat ze zoveel data gaan verzamelen, maar is het wel zo’n goed idee bij psychiatrische behandelingen te gaan steunen op klimaatvernietigende bullshitmachines? […]

[Original post on mathstodon.xyz]
September 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM