Post #954798
2026-04-02 10:09 UTC
I started to make a point of using dehumanizing language when talking about GenAI. Those systems don't think, they calculate. They don't write, they generate.
It is a computer, with software. Not a person with feelings. Stop anthropomorphising GenAI.
Replies (4)
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@kasiandra@chaos.social 2026-04-02 10:15
@Dany doing the same (as best i can).
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@ainmosni@social.ainmosni.eu 2026-04-02 11:25
@Dany Same, I started the moment they said it was "hallucinating". It sucks too, because I used to love to anthropomorphise computers in a joking fashion.
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@resuna@ohai.social 2026-04-02 11:38
@Dany 100% agreement, I don't even like using the term AI for them, I prefer to call them generative software or parody generators.
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@kasperd@westergaard.social 2026-04-02 19:08
It’s not wrong to say that they calculate. But that wording could be misinterpreted in a way that puts too much confidence in the result it produces.