This post was written by Cansu Kutay and is cross-posted from our Substack. Kindly read the description of this sequence to understand the context in which this was written.
Introduction and definitions
Anthropomorphism is “the attribution of human form, character, or attributes to non-human entities”. This concept has always complemented human efforts to understand and replicate intelligence. This tendency is exemplified in the context of AI by a human-centred approach to the design, interpretation, and perception of AI. The current blog post will examine how such anthropomorphic perspectives both enable and constrain our technological imagination of AI.
I gathered the motivation to finally put my thoughts onto paper (a Google Doc) regarding this topic after... (read 1364 more words →)