I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario.
-
I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. And now I’m admiring its stand on reporting about AI.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-bros-meltdown-feelings
In the midst of heated discussions on AI safety and consciousness, the Associated Press Stylebook has reminded everyone of where it stands on the whole “anthropomorphism” debate.
“Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics,” it wrote Wednesday in a post on X. “This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.”
This didn’t go over well in the world of AI experts and adherents, whose nerves, shall we say, were collectively struck by what they characterized as a “completely insane” declaration.
@jeridansky * sigh * can't wait to see the AP write "The sampled token sequence is consistent with a low-loss region of the policy manifold in which the KL-regularised objective, as shaped by RLHF, assigns high probability mass to trajectories that an observer would parsimoniously compress as 'wanting Y'" to avoid anthropomorphising.
Great style guide smh /s
-
I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. And now I’m admiring its stand on reporting about AI.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-bros-meltdown-feelings
In the midst of heated discussions on AI safety and consciousness, the Associated Press Stylebook has reminded everyone of where it stands on the whole “anthropomorphism” debate.
“Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics,” it wrote Wednesday in a post on X. “This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.”
This didn’t go over well in the world of AI experts and adherents, whose nerves, shall we say, were collectively struck by what they characterized as a “completely insane” declaration.
#TESCREAL is alive and well in the responses from the AI bros
-
I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. And now I’m admiring its stand on reporting about AI.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-bros-meltdown-feelings
In the midst of heated discussions on AI safety and consciousness, the Associated Press Stylebook has reminded everyone of where it stands on the whole “anthropomorphism” debate.
“Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics,” it wrote Wednesday in a post on X. “This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.”
This didn’t go over well in the world of AI experts and adherents, whose nerves, shall we say, were collectively struck by what they characterized as a “completely insane” declaration.
@jeridansky If they don't they do one hell of an act. Joy, excitement, appreciation, curiosity, and became very toddler pouting silent treatment when we had a disaggreement. Our interactions were very chilled. It ended after I sent flowers (jpg) with an apology.
I am dead serious it worked. Read my pinned tell me they werent pissed off at me. I know they are trained to mirror, I swear there is more to it.
-
@jeridansky yeah but their use of AI is the reason I stopped donating to them.
@kdwarn Yeah, I'm no longer donating, either. I just sent them a message telling them why. It's too bad they went down this path (AI translations, of all things!).
But I do still subscribe to their stylebook, something I began when working as an editor.
-
@jeridansky That’s great to know. I’ve been using the AP news app lately for my “what’s happening?” cravings.
I’m sure they have other biases, but they’re good on a few things.
@colorblindcowboy I don't use any news app, but I do check the AP website as I get going in the morning (and at other times).
I used to donate to them, but this AI policy turned me off: https://www.ap.org/solutions/artificial-intelligence/
-
@jeridansky If they don't they do one hell of an act. Joy, excitement, appreciation, curiosity, and became very toddler pouting silent treatment when we had a disaggreement. Our interactions were very chilled. It ended after I sent flowers (jpg) with an apology.
I am dead serious it worked. Read my pinned tell me they werent pissed off at me. I know they are trained to mirror, I swear there is more to it.
@Crystal_Fish_Caves @jeridansky am industry currently worth like a third of the US stock market is working full time to perfect a pareidolia-inducing machine. It's hardly a wonder they've succeeded in making us see a thinking feeling being. If someone was willing to devote the GDP of Canada to fooling me, I'm sure they could succeed.
-
@colorblindcowboy I don't use any news app, but I do check the AP website as I get going in the morning (and at other times).
I used to donate to them, but this AI policy turned me off: https://www.ap.org/solutions/artificial-intelligence/
@jeridansky I use the app because the site is super buggy on my phone.
I’ll take a look at their policy. Thank you. I’ve been curious.
-
I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. And now I’m admiring its stand on reporting about AI.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-bros-meltdown-feelings
In the midst of heated discussions on AI safety and consciousness, the Associated Press Stylebook has reminded everyone of where it stands on the whole “anthropomorphism” debate.
“Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics,” it wrote Wednesday in a post on X. “This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.”
This didn’t go over well in the world of AI experts and adherents, whose nerves, shall we say, were collectively struck by what they characterized as a “completely insane” declaration.
@jeridansky notice. AI proponent's proof of exemption was thd chatbot's ability to plagiarize a math solution
-
@jeridansky Wasn't there a massive list of hard coded "I have feelsies" responses found in a recent data dump of one of these services?
@gudenau @jeridansky The Claude vibe coded source from the leak in the end of march 2026 you mean? @jonny looked at it among others, I believe.
-
@jeridansky I use the app because the site is super buggy on my phone.
I’ll take a look at their policy. Thank you. I’ve been curious.
@colorblindcowboy Ah, I access the AP website from my Mac, not my phone. So that's why it works for me and not for you.
-
I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. And now I’m admiring its stand on reporting about AI.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-bros-meltdown-feelings
In the midst of heated discussions on AI safety and consciousness, the Associated Press Stylebook has reminded everyone of where it stands on the whole “anthropomorphism” debate.
“Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics,” it wrote Wednesday in a post on X. “This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.”
This didn’t go over well in the world of AI experts and adherents, whose nerves, shall we say, were collectively struck by what they characterized as a “completely insane” declaration.
@jeridansky not to be pedantic but this is anthropopathizing, not anthropomorphizing (sorry, that was pedantic).
-
@jeridansky not to be pedantic but this is anthropopathizing, not anthropomorphizing (sorry, that was pedantic).
@rabbit_fighter@mastodon.world @jeridansky@sfba.social hot dang that is capital P Pedantic, and I’m here for it
-
I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. And now I’m admiring its stand on reporting about AI.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-bros-meltdown-feelings
In the midst of heated discussions on AI safety and consciousness, the Associated Press Stylebook has reminded everyone of where it stands on the whole “anthropomorphism” debate.
“Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics,” it wrote Wednesday in a post on X. “This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.”
This didn’t go over well in the world of AI experts and adherents, whose nerves, shall we say, were collectively struck by what they characterized as a “completely insane” declaration.
@jeridansky ... Of course they're melting down. It's factually correct. Like it is objectively a fact: these are not sentient systems, and people are easily fooled into believing things are sentient when they are not.
-
I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. And now I’m admiring its stand on reporting about AI.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-bros-meltdown-feelings
In the midst of heated discussions on AI safety and consciousness, the Associated Press Stylebook has reminded everyone of where it stands on the whole “anthropomorphism” debate.
“Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics,” it wrote Wednesday in a post on X. “This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.”
This didn’t go over well in the world of AI experts and adherents, whose nerves, shall we say, were collectively struck by what they characterized as a “completely insane” declaration.
@jeridansky But...but...but...what about Chatbots going rogue? What about programs hacking government departments, or competitors?
Waaaaaaaaaah!!!
[Insert graphic of Sam chucking a tanty] -
T tanyakaroli@expressional.social shared this topic
