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I find all the arguments about why it's bad to anthropomorphize here a bit tiresome. It seems clear as day anthropomorphization is more appropriate to this subject matter than to almost any other subject matter where we commonly do it without giving it a second thought.

It's a chatbot! the whole point is anthropomorphism!

if it lies, it lies. We know it when we see it and pretending we don't won't get us any closer to nailing down a better definition than that. I think it's better to just acknowledge the fluidity of language and our difficulty with nailing down hard definitions in general than to pretend this particular subject matter is somehow unique in this sense



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