Buttondown on How to talk about AI

How to talk about "AI" without adding to the anthropomorphization These are words that cast systems as doing the same work as people in various roles, and serve to hide all of the ways in which such automation falls short of what is needed all the while devaluing the actual work that people do and relationships that we form. Calling systems tutor or co-creator are overclaims that describe what a developer might wish they could develop—for those who want to replace people in these roles. For this category, our recommendation is to use language that describes algorithms as tools (or products) that people use, rather than as human-like entities, and more clearly indicates system functionality while also not telegraphing a plan to replace people. Nice discussion of ways to talk about tools that more accurately describes how they work.