Our old friend Pygmalion Humans have always anthropomorphized1 non-human entities, from ancient gods and natural forces to modern cars and ships. But our tendency to see machines as human-like has dramatically intensified with the advent of conversational AI. This isn’t entirely new - the word “robot,” coined and popularized by Čapek brothers in 1920, originally described artificial beings indistinguishable from humans. Our drive to find and create humanness in artificial entities runs...
