Weirdly enough, we love to compare our fellow humans to animals, especially when swearing.When we call someone a chicken, a wolf in sheep's clothing or a stubborn mule, we inadvertently attribute ...

Critics of anthropomorphism don't pay enough attention to the fact that it's a double-edged sword. For example, they feel comfortable saying animals are happy but not saying they're unhappy.

On the user side, I think anthropomorphism helps people relate to technology. An example of this might be when humans first started naming boats. Logically, there’s no reason to give an ...

Philosopher Susana Monsó's book Playing Possum, newly translated into English next month, makes the strong case that many ...

Nicki, however, finds a bird site that provides a more functional explanation of the wiggle: ...

For example, many praying mantises (Figure 5 ... One salient feature of behavioral research is to minimize anthropomorphism — that is, the mislabeling of actions of non-human animals as human ...

To our modern sensibilities, this perplexing anthropomorphism ... Another timely example, with Passover coming, is that of God’s “outstretched arm,” liberating the Israelites from Egypt.

With Google, Microsoft, Apple, Anthropic, Perplexity and OpenAI creating new AI models and systems, it's good to stay up to ...

None of us should, because we’re always learning and always growing, or at least we should be: That’s a sign of humility, ...

The genAI tool is getting a raft of updates to enable more realistic interactions with users, including the ability to ...

For example, whatever prompt you opt to compose ... though we might balk at that comparison due to the anthropomorphism that it suggests. I tell you about this so that you can be on your toes ...

anthropomorphism: When humans tend to give ... A self-driving car is an autonomous agent, for example, because it has sensory inputs, GPS and driving algorithms to navigate the road on its own.