Correct. ChatGPT is a bullshitter, not a liar. A bullshitter isn’t concerned with facts or truth or anything. A liar is concerned with concealing the truth.
Bullshitters are actually probably worse than liars because at least liars live in the same reality as honest people.
It's not obvious that a bullshitter is "probably worse" than liars. Just because a bullshitter didn't care to research whether some vitamin pill meets marketing claims doesn't mean they're mentally volatile or psychotic. It's a bit of a leap to go from bullshit to asking whether a person lives in the same reality as everyone else.
The idea is that bullshitters are a greater enemy to the truth than liars because liars at least know the truth. You have to know the truth to lie about. Bullshitters have no concern for the truth at all and bullshit may or may not be true. The bullshitter doesn’t care, so long as their goal is made.
A bullshitter most certainly can care about the truth. A lot of people speak on the outer limits of their knowledge, such as when they talk about what's healthy or legal. That does not mean that they will carry on cynically after being informed.
The liar is cynical and is the one who sees the truth and tells you to go the wrong way.
Liars (humans) are often unconcerned with facts or truth either. More often these days, they are only concerned with profit. Are unconfirmed lies in the pursuit of mere profit somehow not lies?
I’m curious how it apologizes for liberal societies degeneracy? I’ve read it as well and appreciate the nuance in differentiating the concepts regardless of which type of system you are in. For instance, the concepts are relevant in a reactionary system just as much as a degenerate progressive one.
Bullshitters are actually probably worse than liars because at least liars live in the same reality as honest people.