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cubefoxtoday at 5:40 PM3 repliesview on HN

Nitpick, but in my opinion an LLM is an "it", not a "her" or "he". Using male or female pronouns risks anthropomorphizing them which can lead to unhealthy outcomes.


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adleyjuliantoday at 5:50 PM

FYI in Chinese he/she/it all use the same pronoun "ta" when spoken.

BeetleBtoday at 8:13 PM

Well, my LLM is a "he".

> Using male or female pronouns risks anthropomorphizing them which can lead to unhealthy outcomes.

Ditto for pets.

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EFLKumotoday at 5:48 PM

Sorry! I was just a bit excited writing the comment and ignored that :(

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