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I've been thinking about the new Associated Press guidelines to avoid referring to #AI in ways that could imply humanness, sentience, or intent:

Don't say, "It WANTS you to enter more information," for example.

I've often used that kind of wording for computers in the past.

But more precise wording matters now because it's the first time we've widely had systems that could be mistaken for being human or having sentience, and it's important not to reinforce that idea.

#ChatGPT

I can't fit this all into an edit, but I want to revise this a bit.

The AP guidelines say to avoid wording that implies it has "thoughts and feelings." The "intent" part is my addition.