anthropomorphic

Example Sentences

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The author acknowledges the risk of anthropomorphizing but finds the totality of evidence persuasive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

The piece emphasizes that “artificial intelligence” is fundamentally a marketing term rather than a scientific one, arguing that AI promoters exploit public misunderstanding by anthropomorphizing chatbots and labeling their mistakes as “hallucinations.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

Others may warn that anthropomorphizing machines could lead to a neglect of human needs, particularly if corporations exploit sentimental attachment or dependence for profit, as has been the case with social media.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2025

“I don’t like anthropomorphizing AI,” Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella told Bloomberg Television on Monday, referring to the practice of using verbs and nouns to describe AI that are typically reserved for people.

From Seattle Times • May 21, 2024

English purists and academic computer scientists frequently look down on others for anthropomorphizing hardware and software, considering this sort of behavior to be characteristic of naive misunderstanding.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.