Partly fair, though I’d argue I think less of people who treat their car badly to express their own bad mood.
But we also interact with cars differently than LLMs. The way I’m typing a note to you, here, is much more similar to interaction with LLMs than it is to starting a car.
So to the extent we practice our behaviors, I think there’s less moral hazard in failing to thank the car for starting than there is in being rude to LLMs. Not that either harms others, my argument is about impact to our selves.
> Partly fair, though I’d argue I think less of people who treat their car badly to express their own bad mood.
These people are also anthropomorphizing, just in a negative way. Yelling at your car for malfunctioning as if your harsh tone will shame it into operating better next time.
But we also interact with cars differently than LLMs. The way I’m typing a note to you, here, is much more similar to interaction with LLMs than it is to starting a car.
So to the extent we practice our behaviors, I think there’s less moral hazard in failing to thank the car for starting than there is in being rude to LLMs. Not that either harms others, my argument is about impact to our selves.