this post was submitted on 15 May 2026
245 points (98.8% liked)

me_irl

7756 readers
452 users here now

All posts need to have the same title: me_irl it is allowed to use an emoji instead of the underscore _

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
herrwoland@lemmy.world
245
Me_irl (lemmy.radio)
submitted 2 weeks ago by sanitation@lemmy.radio to c/me_irl@lemmy.world
23 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I don't have a rational reason for this, but I think anthropomorphizing machines makes more sense on an emotional level for dumb machines than for smart ones. Kind of like the brave little toaster, or Wall-E going against the space ship's autopilot. I guess part of it might be that we see the limitations dumb machines have and it reminds us about our own flaws and limitations, which makes us empathize with a Roomba more than with Alexa or ChatGPT.