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by waffleiron 26 days ago
> inputs from a deterministic controller. Any claims of "motive" or "behavior" are inappropriate anthropomorphizing of something that will never be more than a mathematical model of things humans do.

We talk about the behaviour of worms like C. elegans, an organism with incredibly simple behaviour and a brain that is quite understandable.

Models, or society behaves in certain way. Companies can have motive or ethics.

We use these terms broadly.