David Pollak

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Twin dad, Spice Labs, @liftweb founder, @ricnews & @bu_law alum, learned to be kinder from @archer_dog tweets are my own LLAP

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I still remember my first night with NeXTStep… I woke up at 2am to go to the bathroom… then I figured what the heck and sat down with the Interface Builder tutorial… At 9am, my girlfriend wandered in wearing very little and asked me if I wanted to come back to bed… I declined…

@leahmcelrath.bsky.socialReposted by @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”

APStylebook @APStylebook X.com Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects. Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.
@lordravenscraft.bsky.socialReposted by @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

my basic bar for journalists anthropomorphizing AI is this: if Kermit the Frog ran over and killed a guy with his car, would you report Kermit was driving and maybe we shouldn't give licenses to frogs? Or would you drop the kayfabe and say some puppeteers committed vehicular manslaughter?

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