Researcher Slams Anthropomorphizing LLMs: It Obscures Corporate Accountability
AlexTensor · x · 2026-09-26
In a reply touching on Phillip Isola's discussion, AlexTensor argues that attributing human characteristics to statistical models misleads readers and obscures corporate accountability, and that ignoring counterexamples disproving human intent could constitute fraudulent misrepresentation. He calls LLMs "at best an imitation engine" that falls apart on novel questions, asking why not simply state what the software does, who built it, and how well it performs.
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