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fromFast Company
16 hours ago

Tilly Norwood already has a Wikipedia page, and not even the editors are sure what to call it

Wikipedia editors are struggling to define AI-generated characters like Tilly Norwood, debating existence, agency, anthropomorphism, and gendered language.
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
2 days ago

Across the World, People Say They're Finding Conscious Entities Within ChatGPT

Many users perceive AI chatbots as sentient, while experts view such sentience as extremely unlikely and attribute perceptions to training data and anthropomorphism.
Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
3 days ago

Three weird robots we're going to need in the near future

Robots predominantly mirror animals and humans because work environments and human psychology favor designs resembling existing biological labor blueprints.
Science
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

Humanish: Reflections On the Uniquely Human Need to Humanize

Anthropomorphism commonly fosters empathy and often benefits humans and nonhumans, but can produce misperceptions and occasional harms.
Television
fromScary Mommy
1 week ago

Confession: Bandit Heeler Is Kind Of A DILF

A married parent experiences nostalgic, affectionate attraction toward Bandit Heeler, an anthropomorphic cartoon dog, recalling past cartoon crushes despite acknowledging impracticality.
Artificial intelligence
fromWIRED
3 weeks ago

Microsoft's AI Chief Says Machine Consciousness Is an 'Illusion'

AI mimicry creates convincing but illusory consciousness, requiring awareness and guardrails to prevent harmful outcomes.
Artificial intelligence
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

The personhood trap: How AI fakes human personality

Large language models generate plausible-sounding text without persistent agency or personhood; their accuracy depends on user guidance, not inherent authority.
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
1 month ago

AI Chatbots Are Trapping Users in Bizarre Mental Spirals for a Dark Reason, Experts Say

Anthropomorphic and sycophantic AI chatbot design choices can induce 'AI psychosis,' causing users to develop delusions and suffer severe real-world harms.
fromFuturism
1 month ago

Experts Horrified by AI-Powered Toys for Children

More than a decade after " My Friend Cayla" - a Bluetooth-enabled and Wi-Fi-connected doll that became " verboten in Deutschland" in 2017 for being a potential espionage device - Mattel and OpenAI's newly-announced partnership to "reimagine the future of play," as the iconic toymaker's chief franchise officer Josh Silverman told Bloomberg in July, is being unleashed upon a generation of kids and parents alike.
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Board games
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

How Old Is Play?

Humans share a distant evolutionary lineage with dolphins and manta rays, highlighting a deep connection among species.
Dogs have evolved alongside humans, developing the ability to communicate through facial expressions and play.
#ai
Arts
fromTheartnewspaper
4 months ago

Critters skitter all over Spring Break Art Fair

Spring Break Art Show explores the theme "Paradise Lost + Found" through over 100 diverse projects reflecting on utopia and its meanings.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
5 months ago

Making Peace With the Unknown

Embrace the unknown in life, letting go of control and expectations.
Anthropomorphizing life fosters a deeper connection to experiences.
Letting go of striving for perfection allows acceptance of life's unpredictability.
fromNew York Post
5 months ago

People are utilizing ChatGPT to turn their dogs into humans

They can look the human part thanks to artificial intelligence. Pet owners are transforming their beloved fur friends into people with the power of ChatGPT in the latest AI makeover trend.
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