The human-like mask: first-person voice in chatbots reinforces cognitive bias
gerardsans · x · 2026-09-30
gerardsans argues AI labs added a human-like mask to models—first-person voice, familiar chat interface, suggesting an interlocutor—which reinforces cognitive biases rooted in social interaction. It is, he says, an illusion and a user interface we can remove.
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