Debate Reignites Over Whether LLMs Are 'Human-Shaped'

A debate over anthropomorphizing LLMs: one side argues LLMs, though built from human text, experience time and death nothing like humans; developer ctjlewis counters that LLMs are genuinely 'human-shaped' and harmless to anthropomorphize.

2026-09-26 ~ 2026-09-26 · 2 related posts

• Not aliens but human-shaped: the LLM anthropomorphization debate flips — ctjlewis · 2026-09-26
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