The authors of this website have published one of the famous books on the topic[0] (along with a course), and their definition is as follows:
"Bullshit involves language, statistical figures, data graphics, and other forms of presentation intended to persuade by impressing and overwhelming a reader or listener, with a blatant disregard for truth and logical coherence."
It does not imply an intent to deceive, just disregard for whether the BS is truth or not. In this case, I see how the definition can apply to LLMs in the sense that they are just doing their best to predict the most likely response.
If you provided them with training data where the majority inputs agree on a common misconception, they will output similar content as well.
"Bullshit involves language, statistical figures, data graphics, and other forms of presentation intended to persuade by impressing and overwhelming a reader or listener, with a blatant disregard for truth and logical coherence."
It does not imply an intent to deceive, just disregard for whether the BS is truth or not. In this case, I see how the definition can apply to LLMs in the sense that they are just doing their best to predict the most likely response.
If you provided them with training data where the majority inputs agree on a common misconception, they will output similar content as well.
[0]: https://www.callingbullshit.org/