Yes, asking the question does assumes that the answer could be yes. It also assumes that the answer could be no. This is exactly the kind of scientific approach the paper claims we should take. So it's certainly a bit odd that the analysis approach the paper uses for its literature review---to claim that 57% of papers reviewed assume LLMs have anthropomorphic attributes---has "asks whether an LLM has an anthropomorphic attribute" as one of its criteria for concluding "assumes LLMs have anthropomorphic attributes."

> Does your fridge play the banjo? Doesn't make sense does it?

have you ever heard DnD story about gazebo?

if you don't know anything about something, anything is possible and everything can make sense