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Researchers push for de-anthropomorphized AI language in tech discourse

Researchers release concrete de-anthropomorphized terminology guide

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The framework proposes replacing terms across multiple categories: "AI" becomes "probabilistic automation"; "hybrid intelligence" becomes "augmented human intelligence"; "hallucination" becomes "undesirable output"; and agency shifts from systems to people using them. The authors note these replacements are sometimes longer and more deliberate but reflect actual system function.

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“De-anthropomorphizing language talks about computer systems in terms of their functionality, assigns agency to people using systems and not systems, and avoids aggrandizing metaphors about cognition.”

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