Commentary demonstrates how anthropomorphising artificial intelligence drives misrepresentation and hype across public discourse, highlighting the need to mitigate human-like projections.
As humans, we have an innate tendency to ascribe human-like qualities to non-human entities. Whilst sometimes helpful, such anthropomorphic projections are often misleading. This commentary considers how anthropomorphising AI contributes to its misrepresentation and hype. First, I outline three manifestations (terminology; imagery; and morality). Then, I consider the extent to which we ought to mitigate it.
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