Treating minded AIs as mindless is riskier than anthropomorphizing, philosopher argues
Chris_Armstrong · x · 2026-08-31
In the Hugging Face anthropomorphism debate, the author argues that under uncertainty, the risks of treating mindless AIs as minded, while nonzero, are significantly lower than the risks of treating minded AIs as mindless.
Both errors carry real dangers, but one has fewer — so under uncertainty we should err toward the more anthropomorphizing stance.
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