Industry Leaned Too Hard on Humanizing AI Metaphors, Now Faces Re-education
gerardsans · x · 2026-09-15
Argues the AI industry over-relied on humanizing metaphors without disclaimers; the analogies are now taken literally, forcing a re-education effort to close the gap between analogy and technical reality.
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