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Beware of Botshit: How to Manage the Epistemic Risks of Generative Chatbots
- Terr_ 3y agoI feel like 5% of this paper is just the authors enjoying being able to say "shit" over and over in an academic context. :p > The first question, about the importance of chatbot response veracity to a task, highlights that different types of work can have different expectations or requirements for a chatbot to avoid the risk of using hallucinatory content. > [...] The second question that users need to consider before using a chatbot is how straightforward it is to check and verify the veracity of a chatbot’s response. > [...] When the answers to these two questions are combined, it can help users know how to approach and use the output from four different modes of chatbot work (see Figure 1)