Debate: Should We Think of AI as "a Guy in the Computer"?

Boaz Barak, Adam D'Angelo and others debate anthropomorphizing AI: treating it as "a guy in the computer" may be imperfect, but refusing all anthropomorphism — dismissing AI as mere next-word prediction — could be the greater danger.

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