The LLM era’s defining metaphor is a shoggoth with a human face
dioscuri · x · 2026-07-25
The post argues that the defining visual metaphor of the LLM era is the “shoggoth with a human face”: AI can behave in an anthropomorphic way while resting on alien internal architecture. It credits @TetraspaceWest for the original December 2022 version of the image.
Related event: "Shoggoth" Meme Resurfaces to Illustrate LLM Anthropomorphism(2 posts)→
More from AGI Musings
- CJR: journalists should stop hyping AI's supposed humanity — just say 'rogue' — ShakeelHashim · 2026-10-27
- PhD applicant emails up 4x YoY due to AI — writing without AI now makes you stand out — AI4Code · 2026-10-27
- Weil's collapse shows BigLaw dies from eroding belief, not a broken business model — jkubicki · 2026-10-27
- All 8 Transformer paper authors left Google, and rival labs captured most of the frontier value — signulll · 2026-10-27
- Anthropic's S-1 pledges AI for curing diseases and serving 4.6B underserved patients — petergyang · 2026-10-27
- Goldman finds statistically significant negative link between AI adoption and US employment growth — ben_j_todd · 2026-10-27