--- title: MUST READ: ChatGPT Is Bullshit « ipSpace.net blog description: A brief pointer to an academic paper published in Ethics and Information Technology that argues ChatGPT outputs qualify as 'bullshit' — not because they are... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/must-read-chatgpt-is-bullshit-ipspace-net-blog-mzvutau8s twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: MUST READ: ChatGPT Is Bullshit « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev og:description: A brief pointer to an academic paper published in Ethics and Information Technology that argues ChatGPT outputs qualify as 'bullshit' — not because they are... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/must-read-chatgpt-is-bullshit-ipspace-net-blog-mzvutau8s og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/MzVutAu8s.png og:image:alt: MUST READ: ChatGPT Is Bullshit « ipSpace.net blog og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # MUST READ: ChatGPT Is Bullshit « ipSpace.net blog **[ipSpace.net Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A brief pointer to an academic paper published in Ethics and Information Technology that argues ChatGPT outputs qualify as 'bullshit' — not because they are lies, but because the systems generating them have no capacity to be concerned with truth. The paper contends that LLMs are designed to produce text that appears truth-apt without any genuine concern for accuracy. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the academic argument that ChatGPT outputs are bullshit rather than lies? The argument, from a paper in Ethics and Information Technology, is that ChatGPT and similar LLMs cannot be concerned with truth — they are designed to produce text that looks truth-apt without any actual concern for whether it is true. This makes their outputs 'bullshit' in the philosophical sense: not deliberate deception, but indifference to truth altogether. _Developers evaluating LLM reliability for production use track this kind of research on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I tried caring about ChatGPT and Claude, but I still haven't found a real need for LLMs](https://daily.dev/posts/i-tried-caring-about-chatgpt-and-claude-but-i-still-haven-t-found-a-real-need-for-llms-tgbh3bgs8) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [This is Why You Shouldn’t Rely on AI](https://daily.dev/posts/this-is-why-you-shouldn-t-rely-on-ai-um4wqsflk) · Code Like A Girl · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [Sorry, students of ChatGPT: Real learning takes legwork](https://daily.dev/posts/sorry-students-of-chatgpt-real-learning-takes-legwork-fork17dm2) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Stop Citing AI](https://daily.dev/posts/stop-citing-ai-zo2swz9vu) · Hacker News · 50 upvotes · 7 comments --- Tags: [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#chatgpt](https://daily.dev/tags/chatgpt), [#ethical-ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ethical-ai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/must-read-chatgpt-is-bullshit-ipspace-net-blog-mzvutau8s) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"MUST READ: ChatGPT Is Bullshit « ipSpace.net blog","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/must-read-chatgpt-is-bullshit-ipspace-net-blog-mzvutau8s","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/must-read-chatgpt-is-bullshit-ipspace-net-blog-mzvutau8s"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:51:48.742Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T08:52:37.517Z","description":"A brief pointer to an academic paper published in Ethics and Information Technology that argues ChatGPT outputs qualify as 'bullshit' — not because they are...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--P4t4XyoV--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2001","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--P4t4XyoV--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2001","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"ipSpace.net Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ipSpace.net Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--xS7E82MT--/f_auto,q_auto/v1786438303/logos/ipspace?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/must-read-chatgpt-is-bullshit-ipspace-net-blog-mzvutau8s","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"llm,chatgpt,ethical-ai","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ipSpace.net Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"MUST READ: ChatGPT Is Bullshit « ipSpace.net blog"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/must-read-chatgpt-is-bullshit-ipspace-net-blog-mzvutau8s#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is the academic argument that ChatGPT outputs are bullshit rather than lies?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The argument, from a paper in Ethics and Information Technology, is that ChatGPT and similar LLMs cannot be concerned with truth — they are designed to produce text that looks truth-apt without any actual concern for whether it is true. 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