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AP Stylebook's anti-anthropomorphism reminder sparks backlash from AI researchers

Futurism reports AI researchers' backlash to the AP post

Futurism published a piece detailing criticism from Anthropic's Alan Rozenshtein and Google DeepMind's Henry Shevlin, who called the AP's stance overconfident and inconsistent, citing an AP movie review that anthropomorphized the fictional robot Optimus Prime.

Futurism reports AI researchers' backlash to the AP post
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“This desire to avoid anthropomorphic language has become a pathology.”

Henry Shevlin

Associated Press Stylebook Style guide publisherAlan Rozenshtein Member of technical staff, AnthropicHenry Shevlin Philosopher and AI ethicist, Google DeepMind

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