Also knowns as the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle
If AI ever gets to the point where it can fact check in real time (with actual sources), it will completely change society. Unfortunately, it’s currently on the other side of the problem.
If anything, it demonstrates that the law has mathematical validity. Fact-checking simply requires more work than making shit up. Even when AI gets to the point where it can do research and fact-check things effectively (which is bound to happen eventually), it’ll still be able to produce bullshit in a fraction of that time, and use that research ability to create more convincing bullshit.
Fact-checking requires rigor. Bullshit does not. There’s no magic way to close that gap.
However, most social media sites already implement rate limits on user submissions, so it might actually be possible to fact-check people’s posts faster than they are allowed to make them.
Yeah, the AI stuff is suffering from this right now.
It has generated the best bullshit it can, and is now unable to differentiate it from the human created content it uses to learn from.
See also: the Gish gallop. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop
As another commentator says, pointing that a statement is bullshit is sufficient. The burden the burden of the proof is on the shitter, for having contrary opinion
Except that people readily believe the lie and liar, so you need to dispute it with data, and all the liar has to do is go “nuh uh!”. They’ll still influence people with zero effort.
Kamala sis the during the debate and it worked much better than I expected. She was basically like “yeah everything this guy just said is bullshit. Anyway, here’s what I’m going to do.”
Brandolini’s Law is great to keep in mind when discussing online - because as you’re busy refuting a piece of bullshit, the bullshitter is pumping out nine other bullshits in its place, so discussing with obvious bullshitters is a lost cause.
On a lighter side pointing the bullshit out is considerably easier/faster than to refute it, but still useful - as whoever is reading the discussion will notice it. As such, when you see clear signs of bullshit*, a good strategy is to point it out and then explicitly disengage.
*such as distorting what others say, assuming, using certain obvious fallacies/stupidities, screeching when someone points out a fallacy, etc.
Most Bullshiters just copy talking points… they rarely defend them, just spew new. It’s like talking to ChatGPT to persuade it… it’s futile because the “source data” won’t be updated.
This is why bullshitters hate Ai and think it’s biased towards Liberal/Woke Ideology. Spoiler: It’s not, it’s mostly the average of all people which is: Live and let Live. (Idiotic to think about this “don’t thread on me” synonym as woke or liberal, but here we are).
AI isn’t really the average of all people. It’s more like the average of all people on Reddit and other similar sources, so it does skew left. Microsoft took great care to eliminate hostile data from their training pool to avoid another Tay disaster.
We use words seriously, to convey facts and and truths.
They use words as toys to infuriate and offend, all the whole taking amusement from the collective effort to stop their disinformation and lies.
It can be very useful to pick just one element of a multi-part bullshit firework and refute the shit out of it, and then completely tune out the rest.
Sometimes even just the quality of thinking comes across and does some work.
They’ll either just go silent or change the subject. They never update their original bullshit, or admit they were wrong. Prove them wrong on one subject and they’ll go all buttery males, or hunterbidenlaptop on you.
“A lie will fly around the whole world while the truth is getting its boots on.”
--Mark Twain
The favorite weapon of several politicians and creationists
And C-Suites across the globe.
Alas, we cannot afford to keep everyone on-board despite posting the highest profits in the history of the company. So, we will be laying off 1000 people who made those profits possible. In a completely unrelated announcement, our CEO will be receiving a fifty million dollar bonus this year."
Wrong. That’s Brannigan’s law.
I don’t pretend to understand Brannigan’s Law. I merely enforce it.
- Zapp Brannigan
Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
-Wayne Gretzky
-Michael Scott
I won’t waste energy on refuting this bullshit.
Ahh every far-righter ever
“The sky is green!” - Bullshit
“Nu-uh!” - Energyless refutation
What bullshit is this?