Melanie Mitchell nominates "anthropomorphism" as word of the year
MelMitchell1 · x · 2026-09-01
AI researcher Melanie Mitchell nominates "anthropomorphism" as word of the year — a word that neatly captures the current AI moment: people keep projecting human traits onto chat models.
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