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by Ozarkian 461 days ago
I often use "please" and "thank you". I'm not sure why, since I don't treat other inanimate objects this way. I just feel odd writing something curtly or rudely.
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I do anthropomorphize other things like builds, etc. I guess it's natural.
Its because we incorrectly conflate language with intelligence, which is why so many people are ok with cruelty toward non-verbal animals, and which is also why we delusionally call LLMs "AI" when they are nothing of the sort.
What's AI in your opinion? Not saying LLM are intelligent, or artificial intelligence, but what is? What would that look like?