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   doboprobodyne (doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Monday, 31-Mar-2025 16:30:16 JST doboprobodyne

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   @clacke

   Re. Not anthropomorphizing LLMs

   I'm a sucker for this. I'll apologise to an inanimate object if I walk into it.

   I find useful practical tips for myself in following this to be:
   1. Use the verb "I prompted" rather than I told or I asked.
   2. State that the program "output" rather than it replied.
   3. I don't discuss "confabulation" because it's an anthropomorphization (the reality is that the computer program is doing exactly what it is instructed to do by the user), but if I was compelled to anthropomorphize, I would use "confabulation" rather than hallucination.

   I would be curious to know if you or any other readers had any more tips!

   The following cartoon is from:
   https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/precise

   #LLM #AI #GAN #programming #language #linguistics #metacognition #philosophy #computers #anthropomorphization #maths #mathematics #math