One way that people anthropomorphize is with their pets. You might refer to your cat as your "baby" or have a human voice you use for your dog. Another example includes children giving humanlike ...

Artificial intelligence has become more sophisticated in a short period of time. Even though we may understand that when ChatGPT spits out a response, there’s no human behind the screen, we can’t help ...

Yet our expectations for generative AI are wildly different. I believe that by continuing to anthropomorphize AI systems as human or having humanlike emotions, AI companies are being deceptive about ...

However, there's a curious and intriguing aspect of our relationship with AI — a tendency to anthropomorphize these machines and project agency and autonomy onto them. We assign human-like ...

What makes us feel so attached to them? Those who work closely with these robotic emissaries — as well as the public — tend to anthropomorphize them, or endow these inanimate robots with human ...

To me, the pressing question is not whether machines are sentient but why it is so easy for us to imagine that they are. The real issue, in other words, is the ease with which people anthropomorphize ...

Why do we humanize technology? According to Nicholas Epley of the University of Chicago, we’re especially prone to anthropomorphize in certain situations, particularly when we want to understand ...

When it comes to combating COVID-19, the flu, and other diseases, we can learn a thing or two from Mr. Mucus, the Mucinex guy. Yes, that guy, the disgusting animated blob of mucus that Reckitt ...

To what extent will our psychological vulnerabilities shape our interactions with emerging technologies? Andreus/iStock via Getty Images ...