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The Associated Press Stylebook posted on X reminding writers that AI systems 'do not think, feel, want or understand' and urging avoidance of language that gives them human traits. Several AI researchers and executives, including figures from Anthropic, Google DeepMind and OpenAI, publicly criticized the statement, calling it overly confident or inconsistent.
In its Plugged In newsletter, Fast Company argues that the tech industry's habit of anthropomorphizing artificial intelligence—giving it humanlike personas, voices, and emotional cues—misrepresents what these systems actually are. The piece suggests companies should instead present AI tools as explicitly mechanical rather than humanlike.
An opinion column contends that AI systems are mathematical models that do not rebel, and that describing them in human, rebellious terms obscures the real issue of human errors in their design and deployment. The author argues this anthropomorphizing language shifts blame away from the people and companies responsible for building and overseeing these systems.