To be fair, I do anthropomorphize LLMs. But, I also anthropomorphize, say, a kitchen knife that I accidentally scrape on something (I think "sorry, knife"). I d

To be fair, I do anthropomorphize LLMs. But, I also anthropomorphize, say, a kitchen knife that I accidentally scrape on something (I think "sorry, knife"). I don't reflect on this much; it's just a pleasant way to relate to my environment. What feelings do you have about people anthropomorphizing LLMs? Anthropomorphizing might not be the right term, because it's about assigning human attributes. When I talk to my dog, for example, I don't contextualize it as giving it human attributes. In a way, talking to something is part of how I engage my relationship-management circuitry. I don't only relate to humans, I relate to everything in one way or another, and kindness is a pretty nice starting point. As I said, I don't think about this much: might come up with something more coherent if I did.