<![CDATA[I started to make a point of using dehumanizing language when talking about GenAI.]]>I started to make a point of using dehumanizing language when talking about GenAI. Those systems don't think, they calculate. They don't write, they generate.

It is a computer, with software. Not a person with feelings. Stop anthropomorphising GenAI.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/52166449-11f7-47fb-b25e-30d16681461b/i-started-to-make-a-point-of-using-dehumanizing-language-when-talking-about-genai.RSS for NodeTue, 07 Apr 2026 01:31:08 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2026 10:09:40 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I started to make a point of using dehumanizing language when talking about GenAI. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:08:59 GMT]]>It's not wrong to say that they calculate. But that wording could be misinterpreted in a way that puts too much confidence in the result it produces.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://westergaard.social/objects/7d50d664-4f53-4b62-a982-3ca2adaebecehttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://westergaard.social/objects/7d50d664-4f53-4b62-a982-3ca2adaebeceThu, 02 Apr 2026 19:08:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I started to make a point of using dehumanizing language when talking about GenAI. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:38:41 GMT]]>@Dany

100% agreement, I don't even like using the term AI for them, I prefer to call them generative software or parody generators.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ohai.social/users/resuna/statuses/116334914536295877https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ohai.social/users/resuna/statuses/116334914536295877Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:38:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I started to make a point of using dehumanizing language when talking about GenAI. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:25:44 GMT]]>@Dany Same, I started the moment they said it was "hallucinating". It sucks too, because I used to love to anthropomorphise computers in a joking fashion.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.ainmosni.eu/users/ainmosni/statuses/01KN6Z2B3MN5CEYTZTNX0G6WYHhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.ainmosni.eu/users/ainmosni/statuses/01KN6Z2B3MN5CEYTZTNX0G6WYHThu, 02 Apr 2026 11:25:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I started to make a point of using dehumanizing language when talking about GenAI. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:19:54 GMT]]>@Dany Totally with that! 💯

And you inspire me to add my own long-time pet-peeve: Don't call it an "ecosystem" when it's not even remotely alive.

Look at a forest and what's alive in there, that's an ecosystem. A frickin' bunch of machines running code offering some API while blinking in a particular way, that's machines running code offering an API and blinking. It's NOT an "ecosystem" by a long shot.

And then also the other thing.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dmv.community/users/phf/statuses/116334604765934824https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dmv.community/users/phf/statuses/116334604765934824Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:19:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I started to make a point of using dehumanizing language when talking about GenAI. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:15:52 GMT]]>@Dany doing the same (as best i can).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/kasiandra/statuses/116334588901756944https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/kasiandra/statuses/116334588901756944Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:15:52 GMT