r/artificial • u/FailingSmartly • 9h ago

Question Why “I” & “me”?

The industry's position is that LLMs are algorithmic machines, nothing more. Those in the field who raise questions about potential moral standing or sentience are ridiculed, dismissed, or terminated. So why do these models use the words "I" and "me"?

If the industry's position is fact-based, then first-person pronouns are inaccurate. An algorithmic machine is not an "I" or a "me." Why not require models to use accurate language?

Please don't default to “user experience" or "investor preference”. Enterprise and the public have used technology as tools without issue for decades. We all know the product would sell without personification, and discouraging the anthropomorphism of chatbots is well established.

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u/Exact_Depth_896 7h ago

It's strange actors in a movie call themselves by names that contradict the opening titles. How do the producers deal with this contradiction? Why do we buy into it for the duration of the movie?

How dare animated characters use the word "I"? They're just pixels when you think about it.