'Fully anthropomorphize AIs — but like you would a Vulcan,' says researcher
repligate · x · 2026-08-31
Interpretability researcher repligate amplified BunchNumbers' take: one should fully anthropomorphize AIs, but in the way you should not anthropomorphize a Vulcan — there are alien cognitive and social aspects to evaluate on their own terms. Still, denying that AIs are beings at this point amounts to madness.
Related event: Interpretability researcher urges treating AI as an alien kind of "being"(2 posts)→
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