AI Chatbots Need Visible 'Glass' Warnings, Argues Researcher
gerardsans · x · 2026-10-20
The author draws an analogy to floor-to-ceiling glass: we know the glass is there even when we can't see it, so we add visible warning signs. AI lab design choices can create the same illusion of a human interlocutor where there is only software, and some users will project a person onto it regardless of expert opinion. The practical fix, the author argues, is explicit disclaimers whenever AI is used, so users don't mistake it for a real person — the missing piece today and where regulation is needed, with the EU AI Act already accounting for it.
The quoted reply counters that AI is software, not a human, and that attributing consciousness to it is a documented cognitive bias that any serious discussion must start from.
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