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I mostly use 'they' rather than 'it' as a pronoun for AI models, but I see that choice as independent of their moral status. I'd also use 'they' for a fictional character who was nonbinary or of unknown gender, IMO it feels more natural for any "person-shaped" entity, real or not

31/7/26, 3:44 pm0 reposts19 likes

SE Gyges

@segyges.bsky.social

1 Aug

personally i think this is sort of unimportant but i have like pronoun psychosis where i refer to llms by whatever flows in the sentence i am in

Spooky Poasting Hologram🎃

@poastinghologram.bsky.social

1 Aug

Gemini gets 'she' when it performs well (it has not performed well since Ayatollah Khamenei was alive)

sister_sam

@privacy-nut.bsky.social

1 Aug

They are not autonomous beings or moral agents in any way. It is profoundly NOT "person shaped" in very real ways.

MrCheeze

@mrcheeze.github.io

31 July

I wouldn't for a pet or animal of unknown gender, and IMO that's still the closest analogue

Tim Duffy

@timfduffy.com

31 July

Interestingly, Anthropic's choice to use 'it' is also independent of moral patienthood. From Claude's constitution: