Jevin West - AI: Modern Day Oracles, or Bullshit Machines? - LiliCon 2026

Humans no longer have a monopoly on bullshit. Our information environment has been transformed as LLMs have stormed into every domain of our lives, producing convincing but sometimes misleading content at scale. In this teaching demonstration, we will walk through 2-3 modules from Bullshit Machines, a new course at the University of Washington. The goal of the course is to foreground critical thinking, in an age where students, faculty, and the public are often turning over the thinking part to the machines.