<![CDATA[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.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/faef05af-bfa4-4176-a635-698301cc0a73/i-already-admired-associated-press-for-its-stand-on-on-the-gulf-of-mexico-and-lake-ontario.RSS for NodeMon, 28 Sep 2026 20:05:15 GMTSun, 27 Sep 2026 22:35:31 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 03:38:10 GMT]]>@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]

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://autistics.life/users/Perfidia/statuses/117346578621655822https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://autistics.life/users/Perfidia/statuses/117346578621655822Mon, 28 Sep 2026 03:38:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 02:40:06 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/Elizafox/statuses/117346350304609250https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/Elizafox/statuses/117346350304609250Mon, 28 Sep 2026 02:40:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 02:14:47 GMT]]>@rabbit_fighter@mastodon.world @jeridansky@sfba.social hot dang that is capital P Pedantic, and I’m here for it 💕

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi.txw.ca/objects/69485bc1-c883-4b03-ba2e-c01a160af8cbhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi.txw.ca/objects/69485bc1-c883-4b03-ba2e-c01a160af8cbMon, 28 Sep 2026 02:14:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 02:13:52 GMT]]>@jeridansky not to be pedantic but this is anthropopathizing, not anthropomorphizing (sorry, that was pedantic).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/rabbit_fighter/statuses/117346247115377694https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/rabbit_fighter/statuses/117346247115377694Mon, 28 Sep 2026 02:13:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 02:11:03 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/jeridansky/statuses/117346236074564107https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/jeridansky/statuses/117346236074564107Mon, 28 Sep 2026 02:11:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 02:08:30 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/cohentheblue/statuses/117346226031389437https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/cohentheblue/statuses/117346226031389437Mon, 28 Sep 2026 02:08:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 02:07:19 GMT]]>@jeridansky notice. AI proponent's proof of exemption was thd chatbot's ability to plagiarize a math solution

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/rrb/statuses/117346221369959925https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/rrb/statuses/117346221369959925Mon, 28 Sep 2026 02:07:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 02:03:16 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/colorblindcowboy/statuses/117346205490168666https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/colorblindcowboy/statuses/117346205490168666Mon, 28 Sep 2026 02:03:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 01:34:09 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/dragonfrog/statuses/117346090968507634https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/dragonfrog/statuses/117346090968507634Mon, 28 Sep 2026 01:34:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 01:32:57 GMT]]>@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/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/jeridansky/statuses/117346086241945679https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/jeridansky/statuses/117346086241945679Mon, 28 Sep 2026 01:32:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 01:28:08 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/jeridansky/statuses/117346067304776477https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/jeridansky/statuses/117346067304776477Mon, 28 Sep 2026 01:28:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 01:25:35 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.party/users/Crystal_Fish_Caves/statuses/117346057306234734https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.party/users/Crystal_Fish_Caves/statuses/117346057306234734Mon, 28 Sep 2026 01:25:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:39:59 GMT]]>@jeffjarvis

is alive and well in the responses from the AI bros

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/x_minus_t/statuses/117345877997832269https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/x_minus_t/statuses/117345877997832269Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:39:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:31:48 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/budududuroiu/statuses/117345845830175707https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/budududuroiu/statuses/117345845830175707Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:31:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:24:07 GMT]]>@resuna @jeridansky Amen!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/LPerry2/statuses/117345815562097642https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/LPerry2/statuses/117345815562097642Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:24:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:15:06 GMT]]>@jeridansky yeah but their use of AI is the reason I stopped donating to them.

https://www.ap.org/solutions/artificial-intelligence/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/kdwarn/statuses/117345780115673452https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/kdwarn/statuses/117345780115673452Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:15:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:08:23 GMT]]>@resuna @jeridansky

“My robot Wife really loves me!!”

“No it’s just programmed to say that”

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/cyberquixote/statuses/117345753719287486https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/cyberquixote/statuses/117345753719287486Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:08:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:06:31 GMT]]>@jeridansky
Let 'em melt
Both the Ai bros and their plague of plagiarism machines.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/Guillotine_Jones/statuses/117345746414899816https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/Guillotine_Jones/statuses/117345746414899816Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:06:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:04:51 GMT]]>@jeridansky

LOL the bros can't tell the difference between descriptions of a fictional character and a real software system. They might as well complain that "Wesley" can't fall in love with "Buttercup" in The Princess Bride because Wesley and Buttercup are just words in a script and Cary Elwes is just acting.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/resuna/statuses/117345739826716709https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/resuna/statuses/117345739826716709Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:04:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:03:50 GMT]]>@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?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/gudenau/statuses/117345735812918815https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/gudenau/statuses/117345735812918815Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:03:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:02:44 GMT]]>@jeridansky @JamesNielsen
by the way, the next item on the AP stylebook is about not using exaggerated emotional language. like describing a few posts on X as a meltdown

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.cologne/users/kolya/statuses/117345731492882668https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.cologne/users/kolya/statuses/117345731492882668Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:02:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. on Sun, 27 Sep 2026 23:54:05 GMT]]>@jeridansky Oh, it's not just any cult, but a slavery cult!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/thankfulmachine/statuses/117345697523360221https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/thankfulmachine/statuses/117345697523360221Sun, 27 Sep 2026 23:54:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. on Sun, 27 Sep 2026 23:07:47 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/colorblindcowboy/statuses/117345515449823266https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/colorblindcowboy/statuses/117345515449823266Sun, 27 Sep 2026 23:07:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I already admired Associated Press for its stand on on the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. on Sun, 27 Sep 2026 22:45:54 GMT]]>@sindarina @jeridansky Bwahaha!

“I’m not sure a *style book* should be making such confident metaphysical pronouncements” fumes a technical staff member with a law degree 😆

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