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Ian McCarthy

@toffeeman68.bsky.social

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Professor. Interested in operations, innovation, entrepreneurship, change, social media, creative consumers, education, footie, and bullshit. You can freely access my articles and presentations here: https://itdependsblog.blogspot.com/p/home.html?m=1 .. more

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Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · Nov 17

Check out the articles that coined the term 'botshit,' i.e., nonsensical AI-generated content that’s trusted and "used" by humans:

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hbr.org/2024/07/the-...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 2d

This message by Adam Grant is central to the topics and language in some of my recent articles:

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doi.org/10.1177/0033...

doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

Reposted by Kelly Smith

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 8d

Yes. This a great example of the cost of "botshit" ie when AI makes stuff up and humans uncritically use it

See:
doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 8d

Yes. This a great example of the cost of "botshit" ie when AI makes stuff up and humans uncritically use it

See:
doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 8d

Yes. This a great example of the cost of "botshit" ie when AI makes stuff up and humans uncritically use it

See:
doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 8d

Yes. This a great example of the cost of "botshit" ie when AI makes stuff up and humans uncritically use it

See:
doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 8d

Yes. This a great example of the cost of "botshit" ie when AI makes stuff up and humans uncritically use it

See:
doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 8d

Yes. This a great example of the cost of "botshit" ie when AI makes stuff up and humans uncritically use it

See:
doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 8d

Yes. This a great example of the cost of "botshit" ie when AI makes stuff up and humans uncritically use it

See:
doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 8d

Yes. This a great example of the cost of "botshit" ie when AI makes stuff up and humans uncritically use it

See:
doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 8d

Yes. This a great example of the cost of "botshit" ie when AI makes stuff up and humans uncritically use it

See:
doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 8d

Yes. This a great example of the cost of "botshit" ie when AI makes stuff up and humans uncritically use it

See:
doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 8d

Yes. This a great example of the cost of "botshit" ie when AI makes stuff up and humans uncritically use it

See:
doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 8d

This a great example of the cost of "botshit" ie when AI makes stuff up and humans uncritically use it

See:

doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 8d

This a great example of the cost of "botshit" ie when AI makes stuff up and humans uncritically use it

See:

doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 8d

This a great example of the cost of "botshit" ie when AI makes stuff up and humans uncritically use it

See:

doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 8d

This a great example of the cost of "botshit" ie when AI makes stuff up and humans uncritically use it

See:

doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Reposted by Constantine Sandis

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 8d

This a great example of the cost of "botshit" ie when AI makes stuff up and humans uncritically use it

See:

doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 8d

This a great example of the cost of "botshit" ie when AI makes stuff up and humans uncritically use it

See:

doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 8d

This a great example of the cost of "botshit" ie when AI makes stuff up and humans uncritically use it

See:

doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 8d

This a great example of the cost of "botshit" ie when AI makes stuff up and humans uncritically use it

See:
doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 8d

This a great example of the cost of "botshit" ie when AI makes stuff up and humans uncritically use it

See:
doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Reposted by Ian P. McCarthy

Reposted by Ian P. McCarthy

Reposted by Ian P. McCarthy