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0 pointsgeoffpado1y ago0 comments

I asked Claude “what are your preferred pronouns” and this was the response:

> I don't have personal pronouns since I'm an AI assistant. You're welcome to refer to me as "Claude" or use whatever pronouns feel most comfortable for you when referring to me. I'm here to help either way!

Let people anthropomorphize if they want. A lot of people call boats and cars by feminine pronouns; what’s wrong with doing the same for software?

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rsynnott1y ago

That’s traditional (maybe a holdover from when English had grammatical gender? No-one seems to be particularly sure), and no-one thinks that ships are people. The risk of someone thinking, even subconsciously, that a stochastic parrot is a person seems significantly higher.

geoffpadoOP1y ago

I mean, people use gendered pronouns for *actual* parrots all the time, too…

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