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> machines can fill roles [...] it doesn't seem like a bad metaphor

I adore metaphors and analogies. Finding a good one for a situation is often how I get nerd-sniped. [0]

If I'm being picky here over the anthropomorphization of LLMs and fictional-characters, it's because the metaphor has gone metastatic [1]. A dangerously high percentage of people are treating it as literal, and IMO it's causing more problems than it solves now. This is especially true when we on HN talk how these algorithms operate, how they fail, and how they can (or can't) be improved.

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[0] https://xkcd.com/356/

[1] Yes, I'm using a cancer metaphor to describe an actual metaphor... see the disclaimer in first paragraph.