alt Hacker NewsWell, 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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cubefox • yesterday 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.
A goldfish is closer to a person than any LLM.