On one hand everyone says "Don't anthropomorphize the bots" & so we make bots &...
On one hand everyone says "Don't anthropomorphize the bots" & so we make bots & put in them in a situation where they can't tell if these should be answered like humans do or like a scifi bot:
- Why'd the chicken cross the road?
Do you want the bot to say: "There is no chicken, there is no road" or should it say "to get to the other side"?
- What is the lower row of Angels?
You want "Angels don't exist" or "Principalities, Thrones..."
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Self-replies
- Was the election stolen?
You want yes or no? (Depends on your US partisan politics)
- What house is Harry Potter? Gryffindors or "None because he doesn't exist"
Our epistemology is driven by rules about group membership (state that you believe this or we will ruin your life) and cultural references.
Should we be surprised that the bot copies us and doesn't role play a sci-fi trope when no one asked the bot to roleplay a sci-fi trope?