Anthropomorphizing models leads to better behavior prediction
granawkins · x · 2026-09-01
Gabor Fodor presents a counter-intuitive view: eventually, those who anthropomorphize AI models will predict their behavior far more accurately than those who do not.
He argues this is arguably already the case, and that other debates about the nature of models are just noise. The pragmatic approach is to accept this perspective for better prediction.
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