Truthiness -- Not Truth
"The difference between us and current AI, large language models so-called, is that their goal is truthiness, not truth."
― Daniel Dennett (✝ April 19, 2024)
Transcript of "The 4 biggest ideas in philosophy", with legend Daniel Dennett for Big Think+.
Related: "The Problem With Counterfeit People".
: a truthful or seemingly truthful quality that is claimed for something not because of supporting facts or evidence but because of a feeling that it is true or a desire for it to be true
NOTE: The Oxford English Dictionary provides evidence dating to the first half of the 19th century for the use of truthiness as a rare word synonymous with truthfulness. In its current sense, truthiness was coined and popularized by the American satirist Stephen Colbert, who first used it in 2005.
See also:
"The liar cares about the truth and attempts to hide it; the bullshitter doesn't care if what they say is true or false."
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