AP Stylebook Bans Anthropomorphizing AI, Gets Sarcastic Rewrite
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-09-24
The AP Stylebook issued guidance that AI systems 'do not think, feel, want or understand' and urged writers to avoid anthropomorphism. @tenobrus sarcastically applied the same rule to AP's own editors, and Miles Brundage amplified the mockery — a telling snapshot of AI-circle pushback against mainstream language norms.
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