Wholly unsurprising. "Anthropomorphization" is an unwieldy term, and most people aren't aware of the concept. If it responds like a human, then we tend to conce

Wholly unsurprising. "Anthropomorphization" is an unwieldy term, and most people aren't aware of the concept. If it responds like a human, then we tend to conceptualize it as having human qualities and treat it as such—especially if it sounds like it's confident about what it's saying. We don't have any societal-level defenses against this situation, yet we're being thrust into it regardless. It's hard to perceive this as anything other than yet another case of greedy Silicon Valley myopia with regards to nth-order effects of how "disruptive" applications of technology will affect everyday lives of citizens. I've beating this drum since this latest "AI Boom" began—and as the potential for useful applications for the technology begin to plateau, and the promise of "AGI" seems further and further out of reach, it's hard to look at how things shook out and honestly say that the future for this stuff seems bright.