thebullshitmachines.com

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Title

INTRODUCTION

Description

In this introductory lesson we set the dialectic frame for the course. Some say LLMs are going to transform our world; others say they are nothing more than bullshit machines. How can this be? How do they work? And how do we learn and thrive in a world where they are ubiquitous?

Language

en

Generator

Shorthand

Open Graph

url

https://thebullshitmachines.com/

title

Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines: Introduction

description

A free online humanities course about how to learn and work and thrive in an AI world.

Technology

CDN

Amazon CloudFront

Server

AmazonS3

Fonts

• Google Fonts

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Registration

Registrar

NameCheap, Inc.

Created

2024-09-10

Expires

2029-09-10 1209 days left

Updated

2025-11-06

Name servers

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• dns2.registrar-servers.com

DNS records live

NS

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• dns2.registrar-servers.com

MX

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• 10 eforward3.registrar-servers.com
• 15 eforward4.registrar-servers.com
• 20 eforward5.registrar-servers.com

Email authentication weak

SPF

v=spf1 include:spf.efwd.registrar-servers.com ~all

softfail (~all)

DMARC

not published

DKIM

no key found at common selectors

Certificate (current)

Full certificate history on crt.sh ↗

HTTP security headers

Header hygiene 30/100 Checked live page: https://thebullshitmachines.com/

findings

• missing HSTS
• missing Content Security Policy
• missing frame protection
• missing content type protection
• missing Referrer Policy
• missing Permissions Policy

Links to (1)

• shorthand.com×2

Linked from (1)

• jevinwest.org×2