Aline Blankertz

Almost all statements about "AI" are corporate bullshit statements, i.e. "both functionally misleading and epistemically irresponsible."

And receptivity to corporate bullshit is correlated with bad analytical judgement. This is such a damning study and also highly entertaining to read: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886926000620

"Corporate bullshit receptivity (CBSR) was significantly and negatively associated with actively open-minded thinking (AOT) [and] fluid intelligence,.."

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And further down in the results, the researcher shows that the decrease in analytical decision-making is accompanied by higher job satisfaction.

That is: willing bullshit-receivers are religious believers in their job: They are enthusiastic, but no longer exercise judgement.

Just reading the statements they used to do the study makes me smile and want to cry at the same time...it is so absurd how normal these sentences read.

(https://www.researchgate.net/publication/400597536_The_Corporate_Bullshit_Receptivity_Scale_Development_validation_and_associations_with_workplace_outcomes, cannot find a public version right now)