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Pseudo Profound AI Bullshit (luke-byrne-eng.github.io)
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Yesterday I read Pennycook etc al.'s paper on pseudo-profound bullshit, and realized that's what annoys me the most about the current AI culture.

So then I made this little web app to randomly generate the sort of meaningless nonsense said by AI startup freaks. Your next pitch deck awaits.

https://luke-byrne-eng.github.io/pages/bullshit.html

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[–] zogwarg@awful.systems 1 points 4 weeks ago

I've definitely heard some of those in real life.