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BeetleByesterday at 8:13 PM1 replyview on HN

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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cubefoxyesterday at 8:59 PM

Well, I would say your LLM is a "he" just as much as your laptop is: not at all. If you call the laptop "he" that changes nothing.

For animals he/she does make sense, because they are male or female. An LLM is neither.