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The interpretation of human behaviour, activity, or community interactions in terms better suited to the operation of a [[Turing machine]].}} | The interpretation of human behaviour, activity, or community interactions in terms better suited to the operation of a [[Turing machine]].}} | ||
{{drop|R|ecently, Matt Bradley}} made an | {{drop|R|ecently, Matt Bradley}} made an {{plainlink|https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-humanise-machines-matthew-bradley-adgce|interesting point}} about our gallop towards [[AI]]: whatever we do, we should be careful of anthropomorphising when we talk about robots. Machines don’t think, and they don’t “''hallucinate''”. Hallucinating is actually a pretty special, [[I am a Strange Loop|strangely-loopy]] phenomenon. No-one has yet come up with a compelling account of how any kind of human consciousness works — cue tedious discussions about [[Cartesian theatre|Cartesian theatres]] — but we do know this is categorically not what machines do. We should not let habits of language conflate the two. Down that road lies a false sense of security. | ||
But the converse is just as important: we should not describe what humans do in terms meant for machines — we shouldn’t ''robomorphise'', or evaluate human performance in terms suited to machine behaviour. | But the converse is just as important: we should not describe what humans do in terms meant for machines — we shouldn’t ''robomorphise'', or evaluate human performance in terms suited to machine behaviour. |